Chicken and Carrot Rolls (Lavash Rolls with Chicken and Carrot filling )

Hi, my lovely friends!!! If you have a little more time to spend on making your breakfast or lunch at the weekends prepare this amazing chicken and carrot lavash rolls. In general you can make this kind of rolls with different fillings.There are a large variety of lavash rolls with different fillings, but yesterday I made them with chicken breasts, carrots and cream cheese. They tasted amazing and looked gorgeous, too. You can make this rolls for different events and, I assure you, everybody from adults to kids will love them. If you can't find lavash (Armenian national bread) I think you can replace it with tortillas. I know that they are much smaller but you can use several and cut them in halves. The result will be the same. This is how my lavash rolls turned out. Aren't they super appetizing?!!! I made them for Sunday brunch with a cup of tea to accompany it.  They were very delicious, flavorful, crispy outside and soft inside and very filling too! :) :) :) I hope you will enjoy it as much as my family did!!!!

 Now let's talk about the recipe! You will need the following ingredients:

• lavash (2 pieces - if you can't find it, replace it with a couple of tortillas, I think 4-5 tortillas will be enough)
• chicken breasts (400 gram)
• cream-cheese (250 gram)
• carrot (1 big, or 2 medium size)
• onion (1 medium size)
• garlic (3 cloves)
• dill (2 tablespoon of chopped dill)
• vegetable oil (3-4 tablespoon, use olive oil if you like)
• salt (to your liking)
• black pepper (1/3 teaspoon, use more if you like)
• chili powder (1/3 teaspoon, you can use more, if you like a little bit spicier)
• paprika (1 teaspoon)
• cumin (1 teaspoon)

Now let's talk about the instructions:

• Cut the chicken breasts into small  and thin pieces. Marinade them with garlic, salt, black pepper, chili powder, paprika and cumin and 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil. You can marinade the chicken breasts the night before, that will save you a lot of time and will help you to make the roll very quickly the following day.
• If you haven't marinaded the chicken breasts the night before, then just let it sit there about 20 minutes until you wash, peel and grate the carrots and cut the onion and the garlic cloves.
• Heat a pan on a medium heat, add 2-3 tablespoon of vegetable oil. Sauté the chopped onion and the garlic cloves. After a few minutes add the marinaded chicken breasts, roast them a little bit and cook thoroughly under the lid for about 20 minutes. Then add the grated carrots and half of the chopped dill. Stir the mixture and taste it to see if you need to add a little bit more salt or not. Cook it for a few minutes, then take the pan off the heat and let it cool down a little bit. 

• Meanwhile preheat your oven to 200 degree Celsius and prepare the lavash. Layer one lavash on top of the other and spread it with cream cheese. We are using two pieces because they are quite thin and can easily tear while we roll them. If you use tortillas just use 1 layer because they are thicker and won't tear. 

•  When the chicken and carrot filling is cooled down a little bit, spread it on top of the cream-cheese. Then sprinkle it with the remaining chopped dill. 

•  As you have layered everything, it's time to roll the lavash diagonally from one end to the other very firmly.

•  Take a chopping board and cut the roll into individual portions like this.You can eat this rolls even without baking them in the oven, as all the ingredients   are already cooked. But I personally like to grill them in the oven and serve them hot and crispy.

•  Take a baking tin and place them accurately on it.

•  Grill the rolls in the oven for about 15 minutes or until they turn yellowish-golden color. Place them on a platter and serve them. The platter full of this deliciousness will be emptied in no time. :) :) :)  

•  This is how my plate of chicken and carrot rolls looked like. That was a perfect brunch for me!!! I hope you will enjoy it too, if you choose to make it one day! 

And this is my two-year old son enjoying his roll!!! Have a fabulous day! Bye!!! :) :) :)

!!! Happy Birthday, My Cute Little Angel !!!

Today is my little angel's birthday and  decided to write a post about it and share it with you. I hope you don't mind! :)
Two years ago this day, on the 28th of March, at 10:45 a.m. my tiny and adorable baby boy was born. That day will always remain in my mind as the happiest day of my entire life. The second I saw him for the first time the whole world changed for me. I became more mature, more responsible, more careful in my choices and decisions. My cute little angel became the center of my Universe. Time goes by so fast and  try my hardest to appreciate and enjoy every minute passed together with him. Sometimes I have the feeling that those magnificent moments of his birth took place just yesterday. Of course, when I look back I acknowledge that there were moments I felt miserable and over-exhausted but I don't even remember them now. The power of human mind, our brain, is perfectly constructed. It is amazing how quick our powerful mind can erase hard memories from our mind.
Today my son, Karen, is a super active, healthy and happy toddler (and I'll add, quite a naughty boy :) :) :) and  I am so grateful to the God for the blessing of being a mum to my amazing playful boy! As far as I am alive, I'll pray to the God every single day to give him good health and happy life and to help him make the best decisions in his life. And I'll try my best to bring him up in the best possible way I can, pass him my skills and knowledge and be a support for him in all his endeavors.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MY CUTE, LITTLE ANGEL!!!  You are my eternal source of inspiration!!!