Arayes – Lebanese Meat-Stuffed Crispy Pita

Name: Arayes – Lebanese Meat-Stuffed Crispy Pita
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: ▢ 5 pita bread (the thin pocket type, ~15cm/6" diameter (250g/8oz pack), cut in half (Note 1)); ▢ Olive oil spray (or brush with olive oil); ▢ 1/2 brown onion; ▢ 500g/ 1 lb lamb or beef mince (ground meat (Note 2)); ▢ 2 garlic cloves (finely grated); ▢ 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley (optional); ▢ 3 tsp ground coriander; ▢ 3 tsp ground cumin; ▢ 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika (sub plain paprika); ▢ 3/4 tsp ground allspice (sub mixed spice); ▢ 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (reduce/omit for less spicy – Note 4); ▢ 1 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt; 1 cup plain yogurt; ▢ 2 tbsp tahini (or Chinese sesame paste – Note 5); ▢ 1 tbsp lemon juice; ▢ 1 garlic clove (finely grated); ▢ 1/2 tsp cooking/kosher salt

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Lebanese street food – pita bread stuffed with spiced kofta meat, pan fried until crispy

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Ingredients

▢ 5 pita bread (the thin pocket type, ~15cm/6" diameter (250g/8oz pack), cut in half (Note 1))
▢ Olive oil spray (or brush with olive oil)
▢ 1/2 brown onion
▢ 500g/ 1 lb lamb or beef mince (ground meat (Note 2))
▢ 2 garlic cloves (finely grated)
▢ 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley (optional)
▢ 3 tsp ground coriander
▢ 3 tsp ground cumin
▢ 1 1/2 tsp smoked paprika (sub plain paprika)
▢ 3/4 tsp ground allspice (sub mixed spice)
▢ 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper (reduce/omit for less spicy – Note 4)
▢ 1 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
1 cup plain yogurt
▢ 2 tbsp tahini (or Chinese sesame paste – Note 5)
▢ 1 tbsp lemon juice
▢ 1 garlic clove (finely grated)
▢ 1/2 tsp cooking/kosher salt