They Serve 1000’s a Day!! BIGGEST SHAWARMA - Middle Eastern Food!!

hey everyone hope you're having an amazing day it's Mark Wiens I'm in Riyadh the capital city of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia we're gonna be doing a food tour today but first of all we're gonna be going to what is the most famous the most popular it's an absolutely insane Shawarma restaurant in Riyadh these are like very small the bread is totally different and then we've been invited over to a local family just a gathering where they're gonna cook a huge tray of rice and camel and then after that we'll be meeting up with my friend Hisham who is going to cook for us some of the local dishes oh wow one of the most well-known of Saudi dishes which is called kamsa so capsa and Arabic it's mean pressing everything so it's going to be a unique and delicious day of food in Saudi Arabia and you're not going to want to miss any of it coming up right now in this video [Music] we are going to a place that's extremely famous extremely popular they're known especially for Shawarma welcome to Mama nura and this place is they're extremely famous for Shawarma one of the most famous one of the most greatest showarmas in Riyadh and as soon as you get here and arrive step out of the car you could just smell the aroma of the meat and the chicken in the air and the garlic and this place extremely popular just wait till you see all of the show Adamas going this Shawarma is absolutely gigantic and they sell just an insane amount of shawarma's every day the most popular thing to order is the chicken shawarma oh that's just a gigantic Carousel of chicken so juicy just layers has just given us a plate of the fresh sliced chicken but you said we have to try right now before the Shawarma it's so juicy the layers of the chicken the spices the crispy edges oh man look at that the spices in there and then you gotta eat it with the garlic mayonnaise and the pickles that creamy garlic sauce wow that is so tasty okay so how it works is they start up with the bread the bread is actually quite small almost like a pita bread and they open that up give it a swipe of the garlic mayonnaise then pickles go in then sometimes they add some hot sauce and then all of that freshly just shaved shawarma chicken goes in and that's the most popular thing that they serve so they're quite small but the juices the flavors the Aromas are on the next level one of the highlights here is that they also here at Mama Nora is that they bake all of their bread fresh in-house so you're getting fresh bread you're getting hot juicy Shawarma the ultimate freshness before you eat we have to come to the other side of mamanura where they're famous for their juices so Shawarma and juice and we're gonna get some special juices so we had that plate of chicken in the kitchen that was just a wet the appetite and that was the real thing oh and as I was living though I also uh checked out the beef Shawarma and then the owner also said you gotta try the beef so we try to got a plate of the beef but then these are the the wrapped shawarmas and then we also got an assortment of juices so you come here for the Shawarma and the juice and this particular layered juice is something that's famous too let's just get started with that beef shavings of beef served with coriander and onions and pickles and tomatoes [Music] that is like just salty and juicy and oh so much flavor I love the parsley and the tomatoes and the pickles and Shawarma is something that you'll find across in this entire region of the world but what I love about Shawarma is there's so many different variations and so here in Saudi Arabia these are like very small the bread is totally different and they're like a slider you know like it's a few bites but that means you can eat more of them so it's like a different concept this is the Saudi version of water it's so cool it's beautiful just a little handheld little Shawarma oh I can't wait [Music] that creamy garlic Josh paired with the chicken and the freshly baked bread all of it in your mouth at once in the like crispy juicy chicken oh that is so good and then you've got the pickle which just gives a little bit of acidity oh man wow that is tasty and that really is a like totally different Taste of a shawarma than I've had before here in Saudi Arabia the classic hot sauce all right there we go [Music] oh man it's so good okay let's try the juice so we've got three layers it starts with mango then strawberry then banana with milk and you can kind of try to keep them separate or kind of stir them [Music] oh yeah that's mango I'm gonna move the straw up [Music] I think that was strawberry gonna mix a banana oh yeah and it's more like a almost like a smoothie not consistency it's kind of kind of thick and creamy and um oh really good sweet and fruity [Music] oh oh the pomegranate juice okay I mean one of my favorite juices it's the perfect balance of sweet sour and just refreshing it's so cold while pomegranate juice is fantastic one more thing that we got is the cheese pie which they baked fresh I think this is just bread with cheese on them [Music] and probably butter [Music] that freshly baked bread is another one of the highlights here at mamanura [Music] all right oh man what a shawarma experience at one of the most popular one of the most famous shawarmas in all of Saudi Arabia that was so good and so I mean again show ottoman is something that you'll find in so many different places around the world but this is uniquely Saudi Arabian the way they've used that garlic sauce and just the small versions of the showarama that was extremely addictive extremely tasty something you have to eat when you come to the yard foreign [Music] to make for dinner we have something extremely special we have been invited to the winter home which is actually a farm about 45 minutes outside of Riyadh an amazing family who are so welcoming and so hospitable they've invited us for dinner and they're going to be preparing two dishes one is a camel dish and then the other is a local Mundy but their own recipes and we're gonna see just the real Saudi life and how people love to hang out together as family and share food together so we're going to see the process of some of the cooking we're gonna hang out we're gonna eat it's gonna be an amazing food experience foreign back to the fire so it starts boiling over again at the end they add the spices the spices yeah because you cannot cook with it but the coffee it dilutes the taste okay so you only added at the uh at that okay uh it's already coffee oh okay thank you [Music] so the combination you need to have is with the the dates with the Saudi coffee it's the perfect combination date is very important kind of food it's a excellent very healthy and it's filled with date syrup oh freshly baked yeah oh nice you can see that that date syrup coming out hmm the next cup of coffee is with clove oh yeah that's really good and what's also unique about Saudi coffee is the way coffee beans are ground but then it's unfiltered so it's just ground really fine so it's a little thickness to it because it's not all the beans are within it and then with that we're eating the baked bread with date paste on the inside oh that's really good on them the breading is like crispy and then the inside the date paste is sweet and a little bit sour do you want some of the good foods yeah a lot of Butters yes we're gonna start cooking now and from what I hear you are the expert at making money right maybe maybe he makes Monday every time the the family gathers so that's one of the main dishes that we're having having two main dishes Monday and also camel camel which is already cooking but we're gonna see the whole process for the Monday right now until foreign but this is the modified yes okay all the credits for the companies who are making this partner okay especially ground this is a lot of presentation not so many people this is for breakfast this is the modified okay now this is your own recipe yes for Monday and instead if you're going to find a white menu you'll find a little bit reddish we'll get it to put the rice and then we'll put it in the Dolphins this is that's olive oils what is the marinade on though oh that's uh garlics gingers rosemaries multiple spice and soy sauce that's the lamb which has been marinated that's going to go into the oven we just made the sauce though which is just for the rice so the rice will be cooked in that blend of spices and peppers and tomato sauce we're gonna go to the ovens then load up the lamb into the oven as well only one mainly mine's gonna be better than this one which is in alphina in Maracas oh okay okay we already started the fire we usually once all the wood is burned we add the meat and the rice and then lock it and you'll see everything in detail oh man this oven you can just so much heat coming out of this oven and it's made from clay in the Earth this is the traditional style oven this is where the Mundi is gonna cook with the rice and that marinated lamb about that it will bake in the oven about two hours the rice goes on the bottom then the grill goes on and then the meat goes on top so that actually the meat is going to cook and then the the juice will like fall down into the rice right yes so I mean all of the Lamb juices and fat is going to melt down into that Rice it's covered it's sealed all of those coals in there it's going to be Smoky and baked all at the same time oh man now we just have two hours to wait oh that's gonna be incredible and they just seal it in with foil so that none of the Heat and none of the smoke escapes this is a dessert actually a sweet with a date with wheat flour and with ghee made into it on the black pepper oh nice yeah it's still warm like so gooey almost like the texture of a dough I mean it is flour but then with the oh the sweet and sourness of the dates and the ghee well it's really rich and really good and then look at this talk about a an impressive fruit platter Persimmons and figs and strawberries and oranges wow so the first dish that's coming out of the oven this is the Hashi this is the the camel that's been cooking for how long three hours three hours okay [Music] taste test right out of the oven the camel um so tender oh it's so flavorful [Music] man so the Monday comes out foreign now we're going back to the kitchen to and they're gonna plate it all out [Music] okay oh man that tray of rice it just smells so good the Steam and you can smell like the lamb the fat and the aroma that's dripped down into the rice with those peppers with the spices oh that steamy Aroma oh wow so another part that you've got to try is that bottom of the rice pan where it kind of has that crust it's like the condensed flavor oh wow it's so good and the texture [Music] okay so we're digging in now oh so we have the looks like a whole leg of the lamb and then the chunk of camel the Hashi I gotta start with that lamb brush out of the oven oh man just so tender oh so hot you can mix it with the rice so good I do like it it's amazing the flavor of the Lamb with the smoke yes it's very small and then it like I think the way you bake it like that it keeps all the juice inside of the Lamb so it's so juicy yeah yeah it doesn't dry out and I left that oh man it's just so flavorful and then also you have you have flavor of like some of the spices in the rice the bay leaves the ginger in there all right amazing flavor it just falls off the bone oh it's so tender big chunk of camel with that the camel is just so incredibly fragrant and actually the meat of the camel it's pretty lean but then the fat around it that's what just keeps it moist the flavor is so pure and just so like natural tasting and then the way that it's been baked with the bell peppers and the spices oh man the camel is unbelievable it is so good and that combination of lamb and camel with their rice is just a oh it's just incredible and then also some of the camel meat so you can see that the the meat is quite lean and then the fat is like pure fat that's the hump so you've got meat plus the fat hump which just kind of melts look at how it just melts into the rice and then you mix that together one of the ultimate camel bites oh that's back if that is where the flavor is that melts in your mouth and all that hump is unbelievable okay [Music] the camel that was the the like drippings from the camel no man that is rich so much flavor this one is with the sauce that's the ultimate yeah that sauce is amazing another highlight is the those camel drippings from the bottom of the pan all of the camel oil melted plus all the seasonings that have fallen to the bottom and then just drizzle that onto the rice my taste buds right now my final bite with that fat from the bottom of the pan the best bite of the whole pan that's just like the camel crackling it's like crispy and just the condensed flavor of the camel it's like almost so much flavor you cannot believe it oh man what a way to end this day what a just a meal that was more than just about the food but it was about the true Arabian Hospitality thank you to Turkey and his entire family for Gathering here and for for showing us the real culture of Saudi Arabia but what a incredible day in in Saudi Arabia that I will never forget is it a wood yeah it is uh we call it this is our family name oh cool yeah oh that smells really good and this is often after after meals another symbol of the the hospitality yes and the blessing the next day now but we are meeting up with Chef pisham he is a local media personality he's a chef he loves to eat and he's going to cook for us and we're gonna have a local Saudi meal that he's gonna prepare so that's what's happening next and that's going to complete this food tour very good very good wow nice welcome to Riyadh welcome to reality Welcome to our house usually when I guests come to our house we throw him with the caddy water oh it's like aromatic thank you thank you for having us today yes Habibi what are you cooking first one of the very amazing items we have and or recipes we have in Saudi Arabia it's the subia it's one of our authentic recipe whole wheat bread we add with it some flavors like cardamom cinnamon then we add the sugar with some water and we let it rest for like 12 hours then we stir it then you have a very lovely refreshing uh drink the story behind this is in the past when there is some left over bread we don't throw it away we soak it with some water and we add the sugar and the carbon and everything then we can have a lovely drink and it's also it's very refreshing because uh in Mecca the weather is very hot you know and you want something refreshing this is one of our famous refreshing drinks we're gonna have the bread we will slice it like four times like this throw it over here we'll add some cinnamon freshly grind cardamom some yeast for the fermenting the sugar we're gonna add the water I'm just gonna stir it and push it like this we're gonna close it leave it in a room temperature for 12 hours okay so you've got to ferment that for 12 hours yes but we have one already ready ah this one is already ready you can see the foam over here the bubbles and everything and the bread is also ready because of the bubbles oh you can see you can see how soggy every three hours we stir it like one time it almost looks milky milky too yeah oh see yes a little bit of a sourness yes yes it's soured I'm gonna throw the bread over here and you can see the foam leave nothing no I think it's City see the foam yeah so there is some ice local drink here is the moment uh Sylvia our local drink Sylvia oh nice nice very refreshing yeah it's like I mean it is kind of like bread juice but it has this amazing acidity ah yeah yeah very good very good today we're gonna make our home style capsa from my region it's the western region it's called orange capsa so we're gonna squeeze some lemon with the capsa so let's give it some flavor with the lamb fat the lamb fat when he tastes the orange flavor it will give it a very nice Aroma and in the end we will finish it with some caddy water okay we will just add some oil add some carrots one of the main dishes that we're gonna have is kabsa probably one of the most well known of all Saudi foods but there's many variations of kapsatu this is the Western and the eastern and the Southern and every house has its own capsa but the main thing is to make the the beef or the chicken broth or the meat broth first then you throw on the rice now we're gonna go with the western side okay you slice some colors like this [Music] to make it soft faster some salt it will kick all the juices inside the onion leave it for like only two minutes here goes the carrot now we're gonna save it the meat's gonna go in place of the carrots and the onion [Music] we have of course the black pepper it's a mixed Arabian spices nine kind of spices cardamom and cumin nutmegs some the tomato juice on like this we'll add the water inside here tomato paste to absorb all the tomato sauce cinnamon cinnamon the black lemon of course we need the black lemon the bay leaves some chili give us a taste chili this is called Shivers mean the old Planet it's old because it's a green in the beginning but when you dry it's it's become all like this you know some gray and black color okay we're gonna salt all the food so the foods come to delicious what are you gonna do stir it like this here is the magic we're gonna have one slice of butter I'm gonna cut it squeeze it directly to the water so give it some aroma so this is why we say it's an orange capster throw some chilies this is shakala It's called chakra okay this is from the north of Saudi Arabia we're gonna leave it for like two hours to be melted Foods cannot be more tasty without a chili sauce so we're gonna make our traditional hot chili sauce it's called mabut This is called shagra what we're gonna do is we'll just put some chili and flick it here inside now we will add some vinegar oil some salts what we're gonna do first of all some sugar where you balance the heatness and here is the secrets date this is the the secret behind it you add the dates inside I'm gonna add a little bit olive oil you will finish this with oil like this and here we go you can check colorful yeah we're gonna do a ghee for you the from out of the bottom we're gonna go and do something called the radifa we can eat it with honey or add it to our lovely uh traditional sweets desserts so you can eat it directly or no so now we're gonna show you how we make this thing we'll add some butter here this one to be melted oh that's a lot of butter put it inside here I think we have to close it very fast we will throw this one here also so this Smoky wheat inside we add some buttermilk over here see the color yeah this is the color that I need now we have the ghee and this one called radiva I will just put it here bring some honey for you in one of the most unique dessert preparations with the hot rock smoked the wheat smoked the butter and just like roasted everything with that hot rock and then kind of take that ground the wheat flour once the butter clarifies and separates and then just kind of fished out some of that flour at the bottom there you can even see like the charred bits and then with a little bit of honey I think you need more honey oh wow it's like a sponge of butter with sweet honey and you do already feel the the stickiness of the of the weed a little bit yeah wow that's rich always from Nigerian what are we gonna do we will just add some salt that's it without any major Mingo it will just add some water okay now in my hand I'm gonna feel it drop this here and I will wait this to be cooked I'm gonna put some Fork over here so the heat goes inside flip it over yeah we separated everything we just scoop it over here and that's the key yeah that's the key yes this is our yummy nice no this one is cooked all through but we will do white it slots we will throw it here we will add the ghee that we made like this we're gonna kill the bridge first like this you're gonna stop killing it this is still the same recipe from the ghee that was smoked with the rock so many steps in so now that dough is kneaded with the ghee that's a unique dessert I will just add some ghee also okay here's our water you're needing it so that's why we call it arika just squeeze it anyhow you wish to be used I'm gonna make it bigger I'm gonna put the date because you're gonna eat it for the date we're gonna take some put it in the middle like this we will add the ghee add some honey that is one of the most complex desserts what a recipe nicely done this as we call it arika it's a very lovely one in the winter and also in the early morning it will give you all the power because we are using the whole wheat and the Honey ghee itself it will give you the energy so you can move on and go do your stuff the daily work that you usually do oh man and then you go dip in the inside the honey the ghee the roasted Smoky flower hmm But I'm moving it's crazy that might give you energy for a whole week we want to taste the meat oh this is the stock that we're gonna use it for the capsa oh man that just smells so good all the Aromas the aromatics the spices why we call this dish capsa because we push everything in the pot everything the rice and the meat kabza is like a one pot meal with rice and meat and everything and spices everything together yeah we're gonna close the boat because the rice needs to cook down again with all of that stock and fat melted fat from the lamb 10 minutes and we are ready to go [Music] it is our rice what are we gonna do some raisin in the middle like this you have to add the caddy water like this this is the secret behind any lovely rice dish with meat that being cooked with too much fat now we have to close it five minutes the rice absorb all the flavor and the meat and everything will be ready in five minutes this is for the garnish and also this chili on the black lemon of course it's kind of like this you can see how the rice very fluffy of course some of the black lemon just with some dry [Applause] there it is the finished finally the wait is over are you excited to eat it cannot wait to eat give me so we're gonna close it and let's go and dig in ah oh we're sitting down the table is set the cup says in the center and then all the different side dishes the salads and the garnishes but we're going straight in for the Cubs are and so you eat that comes along with the Samosa as well yeah you have to take just like one bite then start straight to the capsule let's go let's go this is the Samosa candy bit here on the hot sauce oh and this is the chili sauce that yeah he shall made as well with the chilies with the vinegar foreign oh it's so tender you can taste the fragrance of all the spices and the orange actually and the the caddy water which is kind of like floral and like a perfume now to the castle it's so good okay and now to the rice hot and fresh yeah it's so fluffy and so so moist oh it's so good there's so many different things that go into the recipe and yet you can kind of taste everything if you think about it because you've got the fragrance of that that dry lemon yes you taste that the fattiness of the Lamb that's just been absorbed into the rice and then all of those Arabian spices that mix the turmeric the cumin oh it's amazing amazing you need to mix the salad and everything oh okay yogurt chili so put some of the salad yeah onto the rice you want some over here yes yes now that is that's yogurt and put this onto the rice as well throw some chili now you can mix them all together you can take like a bite of meat like this from here meat salad cucumber whole Hot and Fluffy rice oh wow that's even more things going on in your mouth that once with the the crunch of the cucumber and the creaminess of the yogurt this is our last means yes and comes up what up what a meal oh I think I just ate one of those red chilies that has a bit of heat to it some raisins maybe yeah some raisins from The Middle it's just so satisfying and so hearty the more you begin here the more so it will become Saucy because we we flip it oh yeah we flip it so now here is the bottom down is the the top uh the more you dig in your more flavor you take you get here you can have the full taste because it's from the bottom thank you foreign so still so hot and you can really taste the the aromatics in there the orange yes absolutely amazing show aromatic okay so we ended up just hanging out for a while and that is gonna wrap up just an amazing few meals here in briad and and I mean really showing demonstrating the Arabian hospitality and I mean that meal with turkey and his family and all gathering together and just their genuine friendliness and hospitality and then finishing here hanging out with Hisham and his passion for cooking and his knowledge of ingredients and Saudi food and then all that cup so it's delicious and so that's gonna wrap up a great day of food in Riyadh Saudi Arabia I'll have some information in the description box below that you can check out and I want to say a big thank you to you for watching this video please remember to give it a thumbs up if you enjoyed it leave a comment below I'd love to hear from you and if you're not already subscribed make sure you subscribe now and also make sure that you continue to watch this entire Saudi Arabia food Series where we're visiting a few destinations and eating our way through Saudi Arabia there's a lot of videos that you're not going to want to miss so thanks again for watching and I'll see you on the next video [Music]

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Length: 40min 44sec (2444 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 25 2023