Arayes

Twisted chef

Servings

8

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

10 minutes

Cuisine

Super simple. Very tasty! This could be done in 20 minutes or made in 2 hours. The difference is the homemade pitas, but store bought work as good! A pita stuffed with a delicious lamb/beef filling served with a nice tahini sauce!

Arayes

Ingredients

  • 500 gr / 1 lb lamb mince
  • 1 onion
  • 60 gr / ½ cup parsley (chopped)
  • 4 garlic cloves
  • 1 tbsp smoked paprika
  • ½ tbsp salt
  • ½ tbsp black pepper
  • ¾ tbsp all spice
  • 1 tsp cumin
  • 1 tsp coriander
  • ½ tsp cinnamon
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Sauce

  • 125 gr / ½ cup yogurt 
  • 30 gr / ¼ cup parsley
  • ½ lemon
  • 30-60 gr / ⅛ -¼ cup tahin
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

pitas

  • 500 gr flour
  • 300 gr water
  • 7 gr yeast
  • 5 gr / 1 tsp salt
  • 3 gr / ½ tsp sugar
  • splash olive oil

Directions

  1. Mince the onion, garlic and roughly chop the parsley.

  2. Mix all the ingredients together in a bowl and mix by hand
  3. Slice the pitas in half and stuff them with the mixture.
  4. Grill on all sides until cooked through
  5. Serve with the sauce and enjoy!

Sauce

  1. Roughly chop the parsley and mix with the other ingredients

Pita's

  1. Mix luke-warm water with the yeast and let sit until bubbles form.

  2. Mix the flour with olive oil, salt and sugar. Pour over the yeast mixture and knead until smooth.
  3. Cover and let rest for 1 hour or until doubled in size.
  4. Slice the dough into 8-12 equal pieces and make balls.
  5. Let rise for another 15-30 minutes. before rolling out.
  6. Bake in the oven or BBQ at 200-240 degrees Celsius, on a piping hot pizza stone or baking tray. Flip a few times, to make them puff better. (this can also be done in a very hot pan.