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This dish comes from the Greek. However, if it is sold at the Turkish restaurant, the food is named after the doner kebab. Another dish that is served in the restaurant Arabic, the name was changed so shawarma. However, all three means 'play' in their respective languages.


Gyro (read: jiro) is vertically roasted meat on special tools. The meat is served as a sandwich, use pita bread and stuffed with sliced ​​tomatoes, onions, and French fries. The tzatziki sauce complements this dish.

Meat used for gyro meat usually lamb, beef, chicken, or pork. The meat is cut into round, thin, and flat. Then, pieces of meat stuck to an iron rod. Each piece of meat covered with spice mixture made of salt, sweet paprika, spicy paprika, white pepper, black pepper, dried parsley, garlic powder, and dried oregano. From bottom to top, the pieces gradually enlarged so that the result becomes cone-shaped.

The rod contains meat baked with electric vertical rotisserie. The lower part is always smaller fat globules of flesh exposed at the top, while the upper part itself is more crisp as it is closer to the heat source.

In electric rotisserie, the meat will rotate so that mature evenly across the surface. When he wants presented, meats sliced ​​thin from top to bottom to produce a variety of flavors. Slices were then placed on a piece of pita bread that has been oiled and slightly burnt. Tomatoes, onions, and French fries are added. Sometimes lettuce are also included. It was not until the sauce is poured, folded pita bread and gyro ready to be eaten.

Tzatziki used in gyro usually made of Greek yogurt, cucumber, salt, pepper, garlic, and dill. Lemon juice, parsley, and mint is usually added to the white sauce is thick. However, not only can be used for tzatziki gyro sauce. Sour cream, mix mayonnaise and mustard, ketchup, chili sauce, barbecue sauce and even also sometimes used. In addition to Greek, gyro is also quite popular in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Iran, the Middle East, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.

According to Kronos Foods, the world's largest manufacturer of gyro, there are more than 300,000 artificial Kronos gyro consumed each day in the United States. That is, there are more than 100 million per year gyro. "Consumers now prefer to experiment and try new flavors and dishes from around the world. Gyro provide desirable taste sensations by combining all the savory meat and the rich sauce over pita bread," said Michael Austin, CEO of Kronos Foods, as reported Fox News (5/14/12).

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