Orange and Chilli Lamb Kebabs

Beautiful tender lamb with a kick from the chilli, warmth from the cinnamon and allspice and a sweet touch from the orange.
They are beautifully paired with sweet potato chips, a greek salad and mint yogurt sauce.
If you want to use some syns a pitta bread would be good too!
This dish is 2 syns on extra easy for all the kebabs. in our house it served two.

Ingredients

4 large lamb leg steaks cubed with all the fat removed

4 garlic cloves minced

2 bay leaves torn

1 tbsp ground cinnamon

½ tsp all spice/chinese 5 spice

100ml orange juice 2 syns

3 red chillies sliced in half and deseeded then quartered

salt and pepper

Method

In a large plastic bag mix together all the ingredients apart from the salt, massage the marinade into the lamb and leave to marinade overnight.

Skewer the lamb and chilli sprinkle with salt and spray with frylight, then griddle for 4 minutes on each side, until cooked through.

Serve with side dishes of your choice.

Mint Yogurt Sauce

This is a light refreshing minty sauce that goes well with Jerk Chicken, Kebabs and as a chutney with poppadoms.

Syn free on extra easy.


Ingredients

250 ml fat free natural yogurt
2 tbsp no added sugar mint sauce
¼ tsp sweetener
Handful of mint leaves roughly chopped

Method

Mix all the ingredients together, let it infuse for an hour and serve with chosen dish.

Spicy Lamb Kebabs with Coriander and Chilli Sauce

These kebabs are great done on the bbq or indoors under the grill.
You can make them as spicy as you like by adding more chilli.
The lamb is so tender due to the marinating.
The sauce compliments the sweetness of the lamb and also makes a good dressing for an accompanying salad.


Heat the grill to medium high.

Marinade Ingredients

2 tsps ground cumin
2 tsps ground coriander
2 tsps grated fresh ginger
½ tsp salt
2 garlic cloves finely chopped
2 tsps water

Marinade Method

Blend all these ingredients together.

Kebabs Ingredients

4 lamb steaks cubed with all visible fat removed
1 red pepper
1 yellow pepper
1 red onion
8 oz mushrooms halved
Frylight

Kebab Method

Rub the marinade into the lamb chunks and marinate overnight if possible.
Thread the lamb and vegetables onto skewers and spray with frylight.
Grill on a bbq or under the grill turning every 3-4 minutes till cooked.

Coriander and Chilli Sauce Ingredients

½ cup coriander leaves
¼ cup mint leaves
2 spring onions chopped
2 tbsp water
1 tbsp lime juice
¼ tsp ground cumin
Pinch of salt
1 garlic clove
1 green chilli
Pinch of sweetener

Sauce Method

Blend all the ingredients together and serve with the kebabs and a green salad.