

Spicy chicken koftas with pita bread and tzatziki
Ingredients
- Juice of ½ lemon, plus extra lemon, to serve
- 4 round Greek pita breads
- 200g store-bought tzatziki
- 120g baby rocketarugulaX
- 2 tomatoes, thinly sliced
- 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
- Chicken koftas
- 450g chicken mince
- ½ cup dried couscous
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- ¼ cup finely chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley leaves
- ¼ cup finely chopped fresh coriandercilantroX leaves
- 1 tablespoon curry powder
- 2 tablespoons sweet chilli sauce
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Instructions
1 To make chicken koftas, place all ingredients in a large bowl. Using clean hands, mix well to combine. Divide mixture into eight equal portions, then shape each into oblongs. Transfer to a sealed container and refrigerate for eight hours, preferably overnight. Thread koftas onto eight metal skewers or eight wooden skewers pre-soaked in water.
2 Preheat barbecue hotplate or chargrill pan to medium-high. Lightly spray koftas with olive oil and cook, turning once, for 6–7 minutes or until cooked through. Drizzle with lemon juice.
3 Meanwhile, toast pita breads on hotplate or in pan for 1 minute each side or until lightly charred. Place a pita bread on each serving plate. Spread with tzatziki, then top with rocket, tomato, onion and koftas. Wrap up filling in pita bread and serve with lemon cheeks on the side.
Nutrition Info (per serve)
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Calories 532cal
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Kilojoules 2265kJ
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Protein 37g
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Total fat 10g
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–Saturated fat 3.2g
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Carbohydrates 68.9g
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–Sugars 20.3g
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Dietary fibre 11.5g
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Sodium 687mg
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Calcium 233mg
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Iron 5.2mg
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