Indian-spiced Chicken Or Lamb Patties With Yogurt Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/4 lbs ground chicken or 1 1/4 lbs ground lamb
• 2 tablespoons curry paste (mild or hot-whichever you prefer)
• 1 tablespoon mccormick's montreal brand steak seasoning
• 2 pinches ground cinnamon or 2 pinches ground cloves
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cumin
• 1 1/2 teaspoons ground coriander
• extra virgin olive oil, for drizzling
• 1 cup greek yogurt (can use regular, but greek's best!)
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• cilantro (a generous handful) or flat leaf parsley (a generous handful)
• mint (a generous handful)
• 4 leaves bibb lettuce, chopped (can use boston lettuce)
• 2 medium tomatoes, sliced
• salt
• 4 pita bread rounds

Recipe

• 1 preheat a grill or grill pan to medium-high.
• 2 mix the ground chicken with the curry paste, grill seasoning, cinnamon, cumin and coriander and form into 4 large, ½â€? thick patties.
• 3 coat the patties with a little olive oil and grill for 4 to 5 minutes on each side (3 minutes on each side for lamb).
• 4 in a food processor, blend the yogurt with the garlic, lemon juice, cilantro and mint until smooth.
• 5 season the lettuce and tomatoes with a little salt.
• 6 char the pitas on the grill, about 1 minute on each side, and cut about 1â€? off the tops.
• 7 open each pita and fill with a patty, a quarter of the chopped lettuce and sliced tomatoes and a generous spoonful of the yogurt sauce.