Indian beef patties in pitas with cucumber yogurt

4 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
---Indian Beef Patties---
1 ounce Fresh ginger root; 1\" cube
2 larges Garlic clove; minced
3 mediums Jalapeno chile peppers; seeded and chopped
2 tablespoons Fresh mint
1 medium Onion; quartered
1 pounds Extra lean ground beef
Salt; to taste
2 teaspoons Ground cumin -Cucumber Yogurt---
½ small Cucumber; peeled, seeded, cut in small dice
2 cups Plain lowfat yogurt

Directions

TO PREPARE: For the patties, mince first 4 ingredients in a food processor.

Add the onions; pulse until minced. Add the ground beef, cumin, and 1 teaspoon salt; pulse to combine.

Make the Cucumber Yogurt recipe: Mix cucmbers and yogurt in a small bowl; set aside.

TO COOK: Heat the broiler. Divide ground beef mixture into 8 portions. Form each portion into a patty, 3 inches in diameter. Transfer patties to a broiling pan. Broil patties, turning once, until they are browned on both sides, about 6 minutes.

TO SERVE: Place 2 beef patties into each pita bread. Then, spoon a portion of the Cucumber Yogurt into each Indian Beef Patty Pocket. Serve immediately.

Per serving: 386 Calories; 22g Fat (51% calories from fat); 29g Protein; 18g Carbohydrate; 85mg Cholesterol; 164mg Sodium NOTES : A Subcontinental spin on Gyros, about as easy as hamburgers. You can substitute ground lamb or chicken for the beef in these meat patties.

Or you can substitute 1-inch cubes of lamb, chicken, fish or beef for the ground meat patties and use the remaining patty ingredients listed as a marinade for the meat or fish cubes, which are then broiled.

Recipe by: Ron West

Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #491 by Ron West <ronwest@...> on Jan 7, 1998

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