Falafel vs Shawarma - What's the difference?
falafel | shawarma |
(uncountable) A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.
(countable) A pita with falafel balls inside.
* 2003 , Margo Daly, Rough guide to Australia ,
(countable) A single falafel ball.
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A Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture thereof.
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As nouns the difference between shawarma and falafel
is that shawarma is a Middle Eastern sandwich-like wrap of shaved lamb, goat, chicken, turkey, beef, or a mixture thereof while falafel is a Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas and other ingredients. Often served in a pita.falafel
English
(wikipedia falafel)Noun
- There's a stall at the market that sells fantastic falafel .
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- Lebanese restaurants are especially good for vegetarians, with falafel rolls (pitta bread stuffed with chickpea patties, hummus and tabbouleh) making an inexpensive, filling meal.
- The stallholder puts salad into an open pitta bread, followed by the four falafels and then liberally covers them with hummus.
