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Mini lamb meatballs in pita bread

By Nicole Lear
4
Easy

Ingredients

  • 500 g tikka-flavoured lamb mince
  • 1 diced onion
  • 2 cloves crushed garlic
  • ½ x 35 g can tomato purée
  • 2 T plain yoghurt
  • 8 pita breads
  • salad greens, for serving
  • lime halves, for serving

Method

Roll the tikka-flavoured lamb mince into small balls.

Heat a non-stick pan and fry the meatballs in a little oil until golden brown.

Add  the diced onion and crushed garlic, reduce the heat and cook for a few minutes.

Add the can tomato purée and the plain yoghurt, season to taste and stir gently to combine.

Serve in pita breads with salad greens and lime halves.

Cook's note: Tikka-flavoured lamb mince is available from selected Woolworths stores. If you can't find it, simply season your mince with ready-made tikka masala paste or spice mix. Tikka is a hot Indian spice mix consisting of spices which normally include red pepper flakes, cumin seeds, ground coriander seeds and turmeric.

This recipe was created by TASTE reader Nicole Lear for the November 2011 Readers’ issue of TASTE magazine. For all our readers’ recipes, as well as restaurants, books, gadgets and wines chosen by TASTE readers, visit our readers’ issue page.