Lamb With Vegetables and Yogurt Sauce in a Pita

Name: Lamb With Vegetables and Yogurt Sauce in a Pita
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: mediterranean
Ingredients: 8 ounces boneless leg of lamb; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; 1 teaspoon olive oil; 1 large clove garlic; 1 cup plain, nonfat yogurt; 1 tablespoon lemon juice; 1 or 2 sprigs fresh mint to yield 1 tablespoon minced; 2 small Kirby cucumbers, about 6 ounces; 2 small ripe tomatoes or 15 or 20 cherry tomatoes, depending on the size; 4 ounces red onion; 2 large or 4 small whole-wheat pitas

By Marian Burros

Updated June 14, 2023

Total Time: 35 minutes
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Ingredients

Yield:2 servings

8ounces boneless leg of lamb
1tablespoon balsamic vinegar
1teaspoon olive oil
1large clove garlic
1cup plain, nonfat yogurt
1tablespoon lemon juice
1 or 2sprigs fresh mint to yield 1 tablespoon minced
2small Kirby cucumbers, about 6 ounces
2small ripe tomatoes or 15 or 20 cherry tomatoes, depending on the size
4ounces red onion
2large or 4 small whole-wheat pitas

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Preparation

Step 1
Turn on toaster oven or oven. If using broiler, turn on and cover pan with aluminum foil.
Step 2
Trim the lamb of fat, and marinate in a small bowl with a mixture of vinegar and oil until ready to cook.
Step 3
Mince the garlic, and combine with the yogurt and lemon juice.
Step 4
Wash, dry and mince the mint, and add to the yogurt.
Step 5
Wash and trim the ends from the cucumbers, and slice very thinly. Wash, trim and slice the tomatoes; then, slice the onion thinly.
Step 6
Prepare stove-top grill, if using. Broil or grill lamb 5 to 7 minutes, turning once, until it is rare.
Step 7
Wrap pitas in foil and heat for about 3 minutes, until they are hot and soft.
Step 8
Slice lamb.
Step 9
Slice pitas open. If using large ones, cut in half; fill each half with sauce, lamb, cucumbers, tomatoes and onion, then serve. Keep remaining pitas hot. Repeat with remaining halves or whole small pitas.