LAMB KOFTA FLATBREADS
These lamb kofta flatbreads with cucumber yoghurt sauce are way tastier than any takeaway kebab. The extra effort required to make the flatbreads yourself is definitely worth it!
With tender, flavoursome lamb, chewy flatbreads, plenty of crisp salad and a sprinkling of crunchy almonds, this meal is the ultimate combination of textures and flavours. Depending on your mood (or the company), you can go the civilised route by eating with a knife and fork, or roll up into kebabs, secure the bottom half in tinfoil and eat with your hands. Just don’t forget to take the koftas off the skewers… (or just forgo the skewers altogether!).
LAMB KOFTA FLATBREADS
These lamb kofta flatbreads are way tastier than any takeaway kebab. The extra effort required to make the flatbreads yourself is definitely worth it! I can't take the credit for them though - the flatbreads are a Julie Goodwin recipe.
Ingredients
FLATBREADS
- 50 g butter
- 3/4 cup milk (190 ml)
- 2 cups plain flour (300 g + extra for dusting)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp olive oil
YOGHURT SAUCE
- 5 cm cucumber
- Small handful coriander
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/2 cup Greek yoghurt (125 ml)
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1/2 tsp sugar
KOFTAS
- 1 small red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 400 g lamb mince
- 1/2 tsp ground paprika
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp ground cumin
SALAD
- 1 large carrot
- 1 fresh beetroot
- 50 g feta cheese
- 1/4 cup slivered almonds
- 100 g hummus
- 60 g mesclun lettuce
Instructions
Preheat oven to 180ºC fan bake and line an oven tray with baking paper.
MAKE FLATBREAD DOUGH
Gently heat butter and milk in a medium saucepan. When butter has melted, remove from heat and stir in flour and salt. Tip dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead for a few minutes until smooth. Wrap the ball of dough in plastic wrap and set aside for 30 minutes while you prepare the rest of the meal.
MAKE YOGHURT SAUCE
Dice cucumber, roughly chop coriander and crush garlic. Combine with yoghurt, lemon juice and sugar, season with salt and pepper and stir well. Set aside.
MAKE KOFTAS
Finely dice onion and crush garlic. Combine with lamb, paprika, oregano and cumin. Season with salt and pepper and mix well to combine. Shape mixture into 8 sausage shapes and thread onto individual skewers. Place on tray and bake for 20 minutes.
Grate carrot and beetroot. Dice feta cheese.
Unwrap flatbread dough and cut into 4 portions. On a lightly floured surface, roll each one out into a large circle about 2-3mm thick.
Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat. Toast almonds. Remove from pan and set aside.
Add olive oil to the pan and cook one of the flatbreads, for 1-2 minutes on each side. When it puffs up, press down with a spatula. Remove from the pan and repeat with the remaining flatbreads.
SERVE
Spread flatbreads with hummus. Top with salad and koftas. Drizzle with yoghurt sauce and sprinkle with almonds. Eat with a knife and fork or roll into kebabs.
Recipe Notes
WINE MATCH: A dry Rose or a Merlot.
GLUTEN FREE OPTION: Swap the flatbreads for gluten free ready-made wraps. I haven’t tried making these flatbreads with gluten free flour yet, so can’t say whether that would work well or not.
INGREDIENT TIPS: You don’t have to use coriander if you really despise it! A little fresh mint is a good alternative. Save the rest of the lemon for the spinach pesto pasta recipe.
TIME SAVING TIP: Homemade flatbreads are delicious, but to save time you could use ready-made store bought Lebanese bread instead.
STORING AND REHEATING: Roll up into kebabs and wrap tightly in tinfoil. Reheat (leaving the tinfoil on) in a toasted sandwich press. Alternatively, store the four components separately, reheat the koftas and flatbreads in the microwave and assemble just before serving.
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7 Comments
One of the best dishes I’ve had in a while. Really delicious recipe and easy to follow as well.
Thank you so much Alex! 😊
I have made the flatbreads and yoghurt sauce from this recipe and they are both so amazing and so easy! This is now my ‘go to’ flatbread recipe when having souvlakis and wraps. Delicious!
This meal went down a treat! All the components worked really well together and the salad had a great combination of flavours and textures. I have become very addicted to the flat breads and have made them several times now. I don’t think I’ve purchased flat breads since discovering this recipe! I find them really easy to make, but they do take a little longer to cook than what is stated on the recipe, but I’d say our stove top is to blame for that. Totally worth the effort though!! Yum!
Thanks Maddalena, so pleased to hear the flatbreads are working well for you and that you enjoyed this meal!
Wow this dish is amazing and i definitely recommend putting in the effort and making the flatbreads they were so good!!
Thanks Lauren! Glad to hear the flatbreads were worth the effort 🙂