Vegan Cauliflower Shawarma – Shawarma Spice Roasted Cauliflower in warm flatbreads with hummus & lemony tahini dressing. From scratch Shawarma Spice Blend. Easy Wraps or make a Bowl. Vegan Soy-free Recipe. Jump to Recipe
Mediterranean spice blends work wonders on the meat dishes so I decided to use it with veggies with amazing results! Make your own shawarma spice blend, cook the cauliflower(or other chunky vegetables), add the spices mixed in a little oil, roast and use. The cauliflower can also be baked and used. For higher protein, use cooked beans or chickpeas or tofu instead.
The warmly spiced cauliflower is paired with a good slather of hummus, garnished with lemony tahini dressing, cooling tomatoes and cucumber. These wraps disappear very quickly! Use my regular wheat Pita breads or yeast-free flatbreads.
Deep flavors from cumin, coriander, cinnamon and cardamom work beautifully in this wrap. Make a bigger helping of the Shawarma spice blend to add to veggies and beans for a quick meal fix!
More quick meals from the blog
- Moroccan Chickpea Cauliflower Bowl with Herb sauce.
- Spicy Baked Cauliflower Bites with Celery Ranch. Vegan…
- Spicy Chickpea Lentil Burgers
- Baked Lentil Split Pea Falafel Bowl with Tahini dressing.
Steps:
Warm the pitas, Slather hummus on the pitas. Add roasted cauliflower.
Add tomatoes and cucumber. Drizzle tahini sauce and cilantro or parsley. Serve!
Vegan Cauliflower Shawarma - Spice Roasted Cauliflower with hummus and tahini
Ingredients
Shawarma spice blend: easily doubled or tripled
- 1 tsp cumin powder
- 1 tsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) paprika
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) ground black pepper
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp (0.25 tsp) ground cardamom
- 1/8 tsp (0.13 tsp) ground cloves
- a generous pinch of nutmeg and allspice
- 1 tsp garlic powder
Cauliflower Shawarma:
- 1 small head of cauliflower chopped into florets
- 1/4 cup (62.5 ml) water
- 1/4 to 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp oil
- 1/3 to 1/2 tsp cayenne
- 1/2 tsp (0.5 tsp) garlic granules or 1 tsp garlic paste
- Shawarma spice blend all of the above or 1 tablespoon or more or other Mediterranean blend of choice
Assembly:
- Pita breads or Gluten-free Yeast-free Flatbreads
- chopped tomatoes
- chopped cucumber or pickles
- lettuce or greens
- hummus
- 1 recipe tahini dressing
- cilantro or parsley
Instructions
- Mix all the spices and keep aside. use a blender if using any whole spices. Prep the rest of the ingredients and tahini dressing.
- In a large skillet, add cauliflower florets, water and salt and cover and cook over medium heat for 12 to 14 minutes or until al dente (just about cooked through). Stir once in between.
- In 2 tsp oil, mix in 2 to 3 tsp of the spice blend, garlic and cayenne. Pour the oil on the cauliflower. Toss well to coat and cook for 2 minutes or more until the spices start to smell roasted. Stir occasionally. Taste and adjust salt and heat.
- Warm the pita, add a good helping on hummus and spread. Add warm cauliflower to the pitas, add tomatoes, cucumber, greens. Drizzle tahini sauce. Sprinkle cilantro or parsley. Serve.
- Variations: Make this with chickpeas or other cooked beans: Add oil and spices to a pan and cook until the oil is hot. Add cooked chickpeas, salt, garlic, cayenne, toss to coat and cover and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until heated well. Use to fill pita breads.
- Roast the cauliflower: Toss the cauliflower in oil, salt, garlic and the spice blend. Bake at 425 degrees F / 220ºc for 25 minutes or until tender to preference.
Notes
Roast the cauliflower: Toss the cauliflower in oil, salt, garlic and the spice blend. Bake at 425 degrees F for 25 minutes or until tender to preference. Nutritional values based on one serving
Nutrition
Maria says
April 27, 2015 at 1:07 pmWhat a brilliant dish! I love your easy recipe for the pita breads too, fresh pita is the best!
IR says
April 27, 2015 at 2:15 pmThank you for this recipe! Ive seen shawarma advertisements, but had no idea what it was.
God bless Nepal ♥
Isidro Ávila says
April 27, 2015 at 3:36 pmHi! Thanks for this recipe…
Approximately, how many calories per pita? (Or conversely, in a flatbread?)
Richa says
September 30, 2015 at 2:42 pmif you get pita bread from the store, that will have the calorie count on the package.
Cassie says
April 27, 2015 at 4:00 pmGreat recipe! I love Mediterranean cuisine as well!
Christine (The Raw Project) says
April 27, 2015 at 4:08 pmGorgeous dish, so lovely and colorful. Thanks!
Nina says
April 28, 2015 at 4:49 amDefinitely making this, this week. After being on a roll the past weeks I have been in a rut the last days. Feeling a bit lovesick 🙁 But I have some of your older and some of your new recipes on my list to make this week, so I think they will make me feel better no time! 🙂
Thanks for a great new recipe. You’re clearly the one who is on a roll 😉
Richa says
April 28, 2015 at 10:37 amhope this shawarma makes you happy! 🙂
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Lucie says
April 29, 2015 at 10:52 pmI love the spice blend! It’s so annoying to have to buy a special pre-packaged blend for each meal when you can make it at home from spices you already have. Thanks so much for the info 🙂
Bianca @ ElephantasticVegan says
May 3, 2015 at 6:51 amLove the idea of cauliflower shawarma! I can’t get enough of wraps – especially in summer – they’re perfect.
chowringhee says
May 10, 2015 at 11:54 pmI just tried this recipe now. And it has come out very well. Thanks for sharing it!
Nina says
November 24, 2015 at 12:29 pmI was just reading my comment above, from April the 28th. Shame on me, I have just made this dish tonight and it was so delicious! Like really good 😀 ( still lovesick though ) … I am so lame 😉
Richa says
November 24, 2015 at 12:46 pmHugs!!!
Marie says
December 6, 2015 at 2:09 pmMade this tonight. Delicious. I’ve made several other recipes and I thought it was time to tell you how much I enjoy this website. Every dish has been so flavorful. I’m hooked. Thank you Richa, for sharing your talent.
Richa says
December 6, 2015 at 2:54 pmAwesome!! thank you for trying the recipes and loving them!
Dulmal says
January 31, 2016 at 1:02 pmI just made this for dinner and it was BRILLIANT , the amount of flavour in this shawarma amazed me , wow , wow , wow <3
Richa says
January 31, 2016 at 1:26 pmAwesome!! so glad you loved it!
Cheryl Eastburn says
November 9, 2017 at 10:33 amYum, this is the 2nd time making this. I didn’t have any cauliflower, so I’m subbing Soy Curls. So good both ways, this is definitely a keeper!
Maneesha says
October 22, 2019 at 1:45 pmMouthwatering Recipe! Thank you Richa for sharing all your delicious recipes with us!! Absolutely loved how it turned out when I made it for the first time today!
Richa says
October 22, 2019 at 2:05 pmThanks Maneesha!
Alison says
October 28, 2019 at 2:12 pmI love this recipe and have made it several times. I found because I was making the chickpea shawarma sandwich and follow the link to here for the shawarma spice.
Richa says
October 28, 2019 at 7:05 pmawesome!!
Melody says
November 5, 2020 at 5:47 pmThese turned out very good! I roasted the cauliflower and used cucumbers and radishes for the vegetables. I did use store bought whole wheat pitas. The only thing I didn’t like was the tahini dressing. I did not like that at all and can’t imagine what I can use it for. The tacos have plenty of flavor with the spices and humus so it is not needed. Thank you for another great recipe!