joy@mit-vax.UUCP (Joy Hoppe) (06/18/84)
>Does anyone know of a good recipe for the sauce that >one puts in gyros (the Greek sandwich)? I believe the sauce in the gyros is a watered down version of the middle eastern chickpea dip, hommus. At least, that's what our restaurants around here use. Here's a recipe from some Lebanese friends of mine: HOMMOS 1 pound can of chickpeas in water (Progresso?) garlic, and lots of it! tahini 2 lemons GARNISH: tomato wedges black olives sweet onion olive oil To make the hommos: Boil the chickpeas in the water they come in until soft. Drain and reserve the water. Mash the chickpeas with a food processor, or a potato masher (they are too stiff to use a blender). Add the juice of the 2 lemons, and as much minced garlic as you can stand. Tahini is a fairly strong tasting sesame paste. Add it by the tablespoonful until the tastes of the chickpeas, lemon, garlic and tahini are balanced-- probably about 4-6 large tablespoons. Since hommos is usually used as a dip, add the reserved water gradually until you attain the consistency of lumpy yogurt. (By no means should hommos be entirely smooth-- it's a food prepared by people without Cuisinarts!) To serve: Spread the hommos on a platter, put a little olive oil and a black olive in the center. Surround with wedges of tomato, pieces of sweet onion and more black olives. Eat with pita bread, using as a dip. [If you wish to use it as a sauce, simply add more water.] This makes a goodly amount of dip. Enough for an appetizer at a party of about 20 people.
ishizaki@saturn.UUCP (Audrey Ishizaki) (06/20/84)
With respect, the gyros I have always had, have been served with a sauce that is yogurt based, not chickpea based. Unfortunately, I don't know the recipe. *sigh* audrey ishizaki hplabs Palo Alto, CA ..ucbvax!hplabs!ishizaki
amr@cornell.UUCP (Amr El Abbadi) (06/21/84)
I think the sauce used is basically tehina salad, usually more watery than if served alone. By tehina salad I mean "tehina" plus water, lemon, cumin and salt. All according to taste. amr (amr@cornell)
andrew@nmtvax.UUCP (06/27/84)
Gyros,Thee answer Thee sauce
here you go folks, a basic gyros recipes with the sauce
---marinate your meat(lamb or beef) over night in brandy
drop the meat into hot oil along with onions, green peppers,
garlic salt & oregano to taste
heat through.
add Feta cheese & more garlic and oregano to taste
fill into half of a pocket pita bread
(note: I have also seen this serves loose on top of a flat
pita . There are both types available.)
add sauce on top.
THEE SAUCE (usually called a cucumber sauce and sometimes called a
yogurt sauce.)
*****************hence the confusion, your both right.***************
Take a cup or so of yogurt and add (1 medium sized) sliced or chopped
cucumber and add garlic salt to taste.
Tada........
lisa bond