additional flavoring. The meat is roasted slowly on all sides as the spit rotates in front of, or over, a flame for hours (see [[rotisserie]]). Traditionally, a wood fire was used; currently, a gas flame is common. While specialty restaurants might offer two or more meat selections, some establishments have just one skewer.
==Etymology== The word shawarma comes from the Turkish word çevirme which means to rotate. The dish is also known as Döner kebab in Turkey. While cooking, the meat is shaved off the stack with a large knife, an electric knife or a small [[circular saw]], dropping to a circular tray below to be retrieved. Shawarma is eaten as a [[fast food]], made up into a sandwich wrap with [[pita]] bread or rolled up in an Azerbaijani lavash [[flatbread]] together with vegetables and dressing. A variety of vegetables come with the shawarma which include: cucumber, onion, tomato, lettuce, eggplant, [[parsley]], pickled [[turnip]]s, pickled [[gherkin]]s, pickles, rhubarb and cabbage. This will optionally be accompanied by [[French fries]] in some countries, including: [[Jordan]], [[Libya]], [[Syria]], the [[State of Palestine|PalestinePalestinian territories]], [[Israel]], [[Lebanon]], [[Pakistan]], [[Turkey]], [[Egypt]], [[India]], and [[Saudi Arabia]], also countries in Europe such as [[Belgium]], [[Romania]], [[Italy]], [[Germany]], [[Bulgaria]] and the [[United Kingdom]], and in [[Australia]] and [[Canada]].<ref>[http://www.yalla-yalla.co.uk/ yalla-yalla.co.uk], Beirut street food in London</ref> Other options include thick cut French fries served inside the lavash to help soak up the sauce and juices, keeping them inside the wrap.<ref>[http://www.mrfalafel.net/our-menu/ mrfalafel.net], item descriptions</ref>
Dressings include: [[tahini]] (or tahina), [[Amba (condiment)|amba]] sauce (pickled mango with chili), [[hummus]], or flavored with vinegar and spices such as [[cardamom]], [[cinnamon]], and [[nutmeg]]. Chicken shawarma is served with garlic mayonnaise, [[toumaia]] (garlic sauce), [[pomegranate]] concentrate, or [[skhug]] (a hot [[Chili pepper|chili]] sauce). Once the shawarma is made, it might be dipped in the fat dripping from the skewer and then briefly seared against the flame.
In the Philippines, it is very common to find beef and chicken as options for shawermashawarma. Most shawerma restaurant, shawarma restaurants use a traditional bread called [[khubz]] which is round in shape; the sandwich usually includes toumaia, green pickles, and french fries , and may have optional hot sauce. The shawerma shawarma has a very rich flavour from the toumaia which marinates the meat.
In India, chicken and mutton are more common, and rumali roti is also used as a wrap, along with [[khubz]] and a long [[baguette]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2014}}