Turkish-style lamb

Turkish-style lamb

Bring the taste of Turkey to your kitchen with these fun lamb pittas, great hand held food

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Method

  1. Heat grill to high. Season the lamb, then grill for 2 mins on each side until browned, but still very rare. Meanwhile, mix the seasoning, oregano and half of the mint into one of the tubs of yogurt, smother this over the lamb, then return to the grill for another 2-3 mins or until the yogurt is blistered and the meat is cooked to your liking.
  2. Leave the meat to rest on a board for a few mins while you toast the pittas, shred the lettuce and thinly slice the red onion. Stir the rest of the mint into the second tub of yogurt. Thickly slice the meat and stuff into the pitta bread with the salad and minted yogurt. Squeeze over lemon juice before tucking in, if you like.
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Turkish-style lamb

If you can't find lamb seasoning in the shops, add your own flavours by mixing 1 tsp each of ground cumin and coriander and 1 crushed garlic clove into the yogurt, mint and oregano mix.

Per serving

502 kcalories, protein 48.0g, carbohydrate 51.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 9.0g, salt 1.53 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, June 2007.

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  • Binder photo Jen

    24 November 2007

    Jen rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    This makes a really tasty snack or lunch.

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  • 14 February 2008

    KatNotts rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Lovely recipe, really tasty and easy to make.

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  • 06 April 2008

    b81lucy rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Quick and easy to make, tastes really good too!

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  • 15 May 2008

    shona commented on this recipe

    I cannot rate this, as I was really happy to find this recipe until i cooked it I found it to be lacking in taste and went cold very very quickly, will never try it again..........

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  • 17 May 2009

    Redladym rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I thought this was delicious but did make a few tweaks. I marinaded the lamb steaks in the yogurt mixture for a few hours before cooking. I did not have the seasoning mix so had put cumin, coriander,garlic, turmeric and fresh mint and coriander in with the yogurt. Then we barbecued the steaks and ate them as suggested above. Really yummy.

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  • 27 June 2009

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  • 05 May 2010

    Leyla commented on this recipe

    I made this today for lunch grilled in the oven. I didn't have the seasoning, I mixed parsley with coriander, cumin, garlic, salt & peper with yogurt and oregano; also used parsley in the dressing for lettus and onion. It was great. We will have it again. Leyla

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  • 05 May 2010

    Leyla commented on this recipe

    I made this today for lunch grilled in the oven. I didn't have the seasoning, I mixed parsley with coriander, cumin, garlic, salt & peper with yogurt and oregano; also used parsley in the dressing for lettus and onion. It was great. We will have it again. Leyla

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  • 03 September 2012

    Lumene rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I made it for lunch and I was positively surprised. It's quick to make and thanks to the salad and the yogurt sauce it's reasonably light as well. The only disadvantage is that it gets cold fast.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Ingredients

  • 4 lamb leg steaks
  • 2 tsp seasoning (we used Schwartz Lamb Simply Shake seasoning)
  • 1 tsp dried oregano , or mixed herbs would do
  • small bunch mint , leaves only, chopped
  • 2 x 150g tubs low-fat plain yogurt
  • 4 pitta breads , white or wholemeal
  • ½ iceberg lettuce , shredded
  • 1 red onion , thinly sliced
  • 1 lemon , cut into wedges for squeezing, optional
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Per serving

502 kcalories, protein 48.0g, carbohydrate 51.0g, fat 13.0 g, saturated fat 6.0g, fibre 3.0g, sugar 9.0g, salt 1.53 g

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