Moroccan Lamb Meatballs - Your Local Advertiser

Ingredients

• 1 ½ tbsp olive oil (for cooking)
• 500 g lamb mince (ground lamb (Note 1))
• 1 ▢ 1 small onion (grated using box grater (~1/2 cup, including juices, Note 2))
• ½ cup panko breadcrumbs (sub ordinary)
• 1 egg
• 2 ▢ 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
• ¼ cup coriander/cilantro leaves (finely chopped)
• 1 ½ tsp EACH cumin (coriander, paprika (any, but I like smoked paprika))
• ½ tsp EACH cinnamon (cayenne pepper (add more for spicy))
• 1 tsp ▢ 1 tsp cooking/kosher salt
• ¼ tsp black pepper
• ¾ cup ▢ 3/4 cup plain yoghurt (I use Greek)
• ½ cup tightly packed mint leaves
• 2 tsp lemon juice
• ¼ tsp cooking/kosher salt
• 4 pita pockets (Lebanese or pita bread)
• 5 cups shredded lettuce (iceberg, cost/romaine)
• 2 tomatoes (halved, thinly sliced)
• 1 red onion (halved, finely sliced)
• ▢ OR Shredded Red Cabbage (Carrot and Mint Salad (instead of lettuce, tomato and onion))
• ▢ Extra coriander/cilantro leaves (finely chopped (optional))