Mint Lamb Kebabs Recipe

Summary

Preparation Time12 MinCooking Time55 Min
Ready In1 Hr 7 MinDifficulty LevelMedium
Health IndexHealthyCuisine
CourseMethod
Main IngredientInterest Group

Ingredients

 Lamb350 Gram
 Onion1
 Pepper red1 To taste
 Courgette1
 Button mushrooms150 Gram
 Mint sprigs - to garnish
 Very low-fat natural yogurt
 Cucumber175 Gram (Mint yogurt sauce:)
 Mint4 Tablespoon, chopped (Mint yogurt sauce:)
  black pepper1 (Mint yogurt sauce:)

Directions

GETTING READY
1) To make the sauce, place the yogurt in a bowl.
2) Cut the cucumber in half lengthways and remove the seeds with a teaspoon.
3) Cut the cucumber flesh into dices.
4) Chop the mint.
5) Trim the excess fat from lamb.
6) Preheat the grill.

MAKING
7) Stir the diced cucumber into the yogurt with the chopped mint.
8) Season the yogurt well with pepper.
9) Cover the ygurt and refrigerate until required.
10) On 4 skewers, thread the lamb, onion, pepper, courgette and mushrooms, dividing evenly between the skewers.
11) When ready to cook the kebabs, remove a quarter of the mint yogurt sauce to a small bowl and place the remaining sauce to the refrigerator.
12) On a grill pan, place the kebabs and brush with a little of the yogurt sauce.
13) Under a preheated hot grill place the skewers for 15-20 minutes, turning the kebabs occasionally and brushing with yogurt sauce.

SERVING
14) Garnish the kebabs with mint sprigs and serve with the reserved chilled yogurt sauce, salad and boiled brown rice.
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