Tasty Lamb Stuffed Pitas with Hummus & Yoghurt

Ready in 30 minutes • Serves 4
This dish most recently appeared in My Choice (3 Nights For 4) on Sunday, January 22, 2023.

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This spiced lamb pita is filled with creamy hummus, zingy yoghurt, fresh veggies and sliced almonds. Together with the tender Moroccan-spiced lamb, these flavours will transport your taste buds.

Ingredients

Veggies

1 telegraph cucumber, diced 1cm
1 carrot, grated
1 twin pack baby cos lettuce, thinly sliced
2 tomato, diced 1cm

Lamb

1 pack Moroccan spices
2 Tbsp tomato sauce
1/2 cup water
500g lamb mince
1 drizzle of oil

Pitas

1 pack pita breads

To Serve

100g yoghurt
100g hummus
1 pack sliced almonds

Steps

Preheat oven to 200°C (or 180°C fan bake), if using oven to heat pitas.
Thinly slice lettuce, dice tomato and cucumber 1cm and grate carrot. Set aside separately on a platter.
Heat oil in a large frypan on medium-high heat and cook lamb with Moroccan spices for 7-8 minutes, breaking up with a wooden spoon, until well browned. Add tomato sauce and water measure and cook for 3-4 more minutes, until slightly thickened and reduced. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
Slice open pitas to form a pocket, keeping a hinge, and lay on an oven tray. When lamb has 5 minutes cook time remaining, bake pitas for about 5 minutes, until warmed through. Alternatively, toast the pitas in the toaster.
Pitas filled with hummus, lamb, veggies, yoghurt and almonds.

Nutritional Information

Energy	3402 kj 813 kcal
Protein	44.5g
Carbohydrate	85.4g
Fat	32.3g