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Spiced Lamb Couscous with Mint Yogurt

Cumin and cinnamon lamb mince piled onto couscous with cool yogurt and fresh mint.

Total
15 min
Hands on
13 min
Serves
2
Method
hob
Cuisine
Middle Eastern

Per serving · estimated

Energy
705 kcal
Protein
41 g
Fat
34 g
Carbs
58 g
Freshly cooked Spiced Lamb Couscous with Mint Yogurt

Method

  1. Step 1 of 11

    Bring 250 ml water to the boil in a small saucepan.

    saucepan on hob

  2. Step 2 of 11

    Put the couscous in a bowl with a pinch of salt, pour over the boiling water, cover and leave 5 minutes.

    • Couscous
    • Salt
    5 min

  3. Step 3 of 11

    Dice the onion.

    • Onion
    dice onion

  4. Step 4 of 11

    Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the onion 3 minutes until golden.

    • Olive oil
    • Onion
    3 min
    onions golden
    What ‘ready’ looks like

  5. Step 5 of 11

    Add the lamb mince, break it up with a wooden spoon and fry 4 minutes.

    • Lamb mince
    4 min
    brown mince

  6. Step 6 of 11

    Stir in the cumin and cinnamon and cook 30 seconds.

    • Ground cumin
    • Ground cinnamon
    1 min

  7. Step 7 of 11

    Add the tomato purée and 3 tbsp water and cook 2 minutes until no pink remains and the mince reaches 71 °C.

    • Tomato purée
    71 °C / 160 °F2 minGround beef, pork, lamb and veal to 71 °C / 160 °F
    mince browned
    What ‘ready’ looks like

  8. Step 8 of 11

    Chop the mint leaves.

    • Fresh mint
    chop herbs

  9. Step 9 of 11

    Toast the pine nuts in a dry pan for 1 minute until golden.

    • Pine nuts
    1 min
    toast nuts

  10. Step 10 of 11

    Fluff the couscous with a fork, fold through half the mint and season with pepper.

    • Couscous
    • Fresh mint
    • Black pepper

  11. Step 11 of 11

    Spoon the lamb over the couscous and top with yogurt, the rest of the mint and the pine nuts.

    • Lamb mince
    • Greek yogurt
    • Fresh mint
    • Pine nuts

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