Politiko yiaourtlou kebab

Name: Politiko yiaourtlou kebab
Yield: 4-6 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 500 g – 600 g ground beef; 1 egg; 1 tbsp breadcrumbs; 1 tbsp butter (you can use olive oil); 2-3 sweet red peppers (the ones that come in a jar); vinegar; garlic; cumin powder; coriander; cinnamon; allspice; pepper; sweet red pepper; black pepper (you can use boukovo -hot paprika flakes- or chili pepper); salt; 2-3 tbsp water; 2 ripe tomatoes or 1 can (500 g) diced tomatoes; 1 onion; oil; salt; pepper; oregano; cinnamon; sheep's milk yogurt (200 g per person); 1 little spearmint; 4-6 pita breads

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Greece

I tried this dish in Constantinople (Istanbul). I remember that I persisted in asking our tour guide to get the recipe. The result was for the chef to come out of his kitchen and share the recipe with the whole of our group. We were a large group and had reserved the whole restaurant for our meal, so when he was done serving and after my persistent nagging, he came out shyly and shared the recipe with us. He said that he would keep some secret tips for his grandchildren but I don't think that he kept anything back. Before he gave it to us he made us promise that we won't open a restaurant next to his, serving this particular dish. The recipe called for lamb ground meat but I asked him if it's all right to use beef instead of lamb and he said "here you tried it with lamb, when you get home will you have a problem with lamb?" Everyone laughed but he said that I can use beef ground meat as long as it has enough liquids because beef ground meat has less fat than lamb.

Recipe by zeta_a

Cookpad Greece @cook_8238176

Greece

Recipe by zeta_a

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Ingredients

4-6 servings

500 g– 600 g ground beef
1egg
1 tbspbreadcrumbs
1 tbspbutter (you can use olive oil)
2-3sweet red peppers (the ones that come in a jar)
vinegar
garlic
cumin powder
coriander
cinnamon
allspice
pepper
sweet red pepper
black pepper (you can use boukovo -hot paprika flakes- or chili pepper)
salt
2-3 tbspwater
Tomato sauce
2ripe tomatoes or 1 can (500 g) diced tomatoes
1onion
oil
salt
pepper
oregano
cinnamon
Yogurt sauce
sheep's milk yogurt (200 g per person)
1little spearmint
4-6pita breads

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Steps

1

Place the ground meat in a bowl together with the egg, the breadcrumbs, the vinegar, the oil, the spices and the garlic. The amount of spices that you are going to use depends on you. If you want the garlic to have a mild flavor, remove the garlic gem.
2

Place the sweet red peppers in a blender toghether with the water and when they are blended to a pulρ add them to the ground meat mixture.
3

Place in the fridge for 45-50 minutes to get firm because you won't be able to form it otherwise due to its liquids.
4

In the meantime, prepare the tomato sauce. Sauté the onion in a small pot with a little water so that the sauce is lighter. When the water evaporates, lightly sauté with olive oil, add the can of tomatoes or fresh tomatoes if you have any, grated. Add salt, pepper, oregano, cinnamon, a little water and let it boil for 20-30 minutes.
5

For the yogurt sauce, just mix the sheep's milk yogurt with the spearmint.
6

Grill the kebabs, oil the pita breads slightly and grill those as well for a little while. When they are ready cut into small pieces and mix them with the yogurt and the spearmint.
7

To serve it, place a portion of the yogurt mixture with the pita bread on the plate, then the kebabs on top and pour the tomato sauce over them.