Lamb kofta flatbreads with garlic yoghurt

• 30 minutes
• Prep 20 minutes
• Cook 10 minutes
• Serves 4

Our own recipe. The photograph is AI-generated.

Ingredients

• 500g lamb mince
• 1 small onion, coarsely grated and squeezed dry
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 teaspoon ground coriander
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• Half a teaspoon chilli flakes (optional)
• A small bunch of flat-leaf parsley (about 20g), finely chopped
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Half a teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon (15ml) olive oil
• 200g Greek-style yoghurt
• 1 small garlic clove, crushed, for the yoghurt
• 1 teaspoon dried mint
• 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 2 tomatoes, chopped
• Half a cucumber, chopped
• 1 teaspoon sumac (a dark red, lemony spice), optional
• 4 flatbreads or large pitta breads
• 1 lemon, cut into wedges

Let's cook

1. Put the lamb, grated onion, garlic, cumin, coriander, paprika, chilli flakes if using, half the parsley, the salt and pepper in a large bowl. Mix well with your hands for 1 to 2 minutes, until it feels a little sticky. Wash your hands well afterwards.
2. Wet your hands and shape the mixture into 12 fingers, each about 10cm long. Put them on a plate.
3. Make the yoghurt: stir together the yoghurt, the small garlic clove and the dried mint with a pinch of salt. In another bowl, mix the red onion, tomatoes, cucumber, sumac if using, the rest of the parsley and a squeeze of lemon.
4. Heat the oil in a large frying pan or griddle pan on a medium-high heat. Cook the koftas for 8 to 10 minutes, turning every couple of minutes, until well browned all over. Do this in two batches if the pan is crowded.
5. Check they are cooked: cut one open in the middle. It should be brown all the way through with no pink, and the juices should run clear.
6. Warm the flatbreads in a dry pan or in the oven for 1 minute each side. Spread each with yoghurt, add 3 koftas and a spoonful of salad, and serve with lemon wedges.

Tips

• Squeeze the grated onion hard in a clean tea towel. Wet onion makes the koftas fall apart.
• Mince must always be cooked right through, as any germs from the surface are mixed all through it.
• Grill instead: cook under a hot grill for 8 to 10 minutes, turning them halfway.

Swaps

• Cheaper: use beef mince, or half lamb and half beef.
• Dairy free: swap the yoghurt for a plant-based yoghurt, and check the flatbreads.
• Gluten free: serve with rice and salad in place of the flatbreads.

Tags

• lamb
• turkish
• kofta
• flatbreads

In Feed the family.

Contains: Cereals containing gluten, Milk .

This recipe contains gluten, from the flatbreads, and milk, from the yoghurt. Flatbreads can also contain sesame, soya or milk, so check the packet.

Check every packet for allergens.