How to Cook Lamb Shish Kebabs
Serves: 4
Preparation time: overnight
Cooking time: 30 mins
Ingredients needed to make Lamb Shish Kebabs:
For the spiced lamb:
- 1 lb 5 oz lamb leg meat, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ tsp ground cumin
For the yogurt sauce:
- 5 oz greek-style yogurt
- 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped
- 1 tbsp tahini or sesame paste
- 2 tsp extra virgin olive oil
- Handful of fresh mint, chopped
- Pinch of salt
To serve:
- 8’’ ready-made flat breads
- 4 dill pickles, thickly sliced
- 7 oz white cabbage, cored and shredded
- ½ red onion, peeled and thinly sliced
- 2 ripe tomatoes, sliced
- Pickled chillies
- Store-bought chili sauce, as required
- 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
Cooking instructions for Lamb Shish Kebabs:
- For the spiced lamb, toss the ground cumin and garlic together until mixed thoroughly and throw in the diced lamb meat into it.
- Stir them all together until coated well with the spice mixture and set aside in the fridge, covered, overnight.
- Place a griddle over high heat and wait until it turns smoking hot.
- Working in batches, toss the marinated lamb into the hot griddle and sprinkle a dash of salt to season.
- Sear each side of the meat for about 3-4 minutes or until they turn golden brown with the griddle marks imprinted on their either sides.
- Turn off the heat and keep warm.
- For the yogurt sauce, whisk all its ingredients until they blend together thoroughly to form a smooth mixture; set aside.
- For the flatbreads, toast each side of the flatbreads on another hot skillet for a couple of minutes over slow heat or until they are heated through.
- Spread a large spoonful of yogurt sauce across the middle of each flat bread and top it up with some shredded cabbage.
- Add a lashing of chili sauce over it and arrange a couple of tomato slices over it, followed by two more slices of onion.
- Add some dill pickle slices on top and finally top it up with the lamb cubes.
- Finish it off with a sprinkling of pickled chilies and a splash of lemon juice over the meat and wrap one edge of the flatbread over the filling to form a semi-circle.
- Make rest of the wraps in a similar fashion and serve right away.
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