Nutty Lamb Koftas

Tonight was a help yourself kind of dinner...which I must say is my favourite. I did Nutty Lamb Koftas with Halloumi Flat breads, salad, mint yoghurt and toasted cashew and pine nuts. I put everything in the centre of the table and we all tuck in and enjoy! The lamb koftas are wonderful with the extra wowness from the pistachios. I am a huge nut fan so added the cashew and pine nuts to the wraps but that's personal taste :)

Nutty Lamb Koftas

Ingredients

500 g lamb mince
1 tsp thyme leaves (dried thyme is fine)
1/2 tsp dried chilli flakes (add more if you like them with a kick)
2 tsp ground cumin
1/2 tsp mint (dried or fresh)
grated zest of 1 lemon
Salt and Pepper to taste
1 large handful shelled pistachio nuts

You can cook this on a griddle like I did or a grill is fine.

Place the lamb in a food processor with the thyme, chilli, cumin, mint and lemon and salt and pepper and all the pistachios. Mix until all incorporated, pistachios are chopped and its all bound into a ball.
Divide the meat into 8 equal pieces and get yourself 4 skewers. With damp hands, push and shape the meat around and along each skewer.
Grill the kebabs until nicely golden on all sides.

Serve with a salad and flatbreads (I did halloumi flatbreads and halloumi and olive flatbreads). Mix some mont leaves into the yoghurt to drizzle in the wraps.
Also toast some cashew nuts and pine nuts to also sprinkle in when making up your wraps.

Time to enjoy :))