Recipe - Indian Beef Patties In Pitas With Cucumber Yogurt

Indian Beef Patties
1 ounce Fresh ginger root; 1" cube
2 lg Garlic clove; minced
3 md Jalapeno chile peppers;
seeded and chopped
2 tablespoon Fresh mint
1 md Onion; quartered
1 pound Extra lean ground beef
Salt; to taste
2 teaspoon Ground cumin
Cucumber Yogurt
One half small Cucumber; peeled, seeded,
cut in small dice
2 cup Plain lowfat yogurt

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 1inch 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 BakeryShoppe Digest V1 #491 by Ron West ronwest@bigfoot.net on
Jan 7, 1998