I was arguing with my friend that sharwama and kebab are practically the same, he feels kebab is sweeter and tastes 'indian' (oops,or is it middle eastern), is the difference in the name or the taste? Please share your own view...

Kebab is something like suya. U put on a stick and grill it. Shawarma on d other hand has a kinda machine that they hang the meat on and then put on a fire. Then d meat is cut off in shreds fron the machine. Don't really know how to describe them but u can google pictures of both and ull see how dey differ in preparation. Btw both are of middle eastern origin.

To ma knowledge and experience working with d Nigerian Turkish, Shawarma and Doner are the same. Doner is a Turkish Language which refers to Shawarma and it could be grilled flaked chicken or meat mixed with cabbage and corrot and myonaisse mix wit ketchup and stuffed in a Lebanese bread called Particery. This people get to mix up coz d Turkish are famously known with countless recipe types which are also popular and been mixed up and ascribe to other countries. This make d name Doner prominent in our midst.
Donar Kebab av never heard of it as they 2diffent thing to me.

After this cut is picture of Hot Shawarma(Doner) and Meat and Chicken Kebab

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