Spiced Lamb Pittas with Lime-Pickled Onion

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    15mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    622
based on 3 ratings

These easy filled pittas make a great dinner, and any leftovers can be used for lunch the next day. The onion pickles slightly in the lime juice, taking away the harshness and leaving them sweet and tangy to contrast the spices.

recipe updated Mar 19, 2025

Ingredients

  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    150 g
  • Iceberg lettuce icon
    Iceberg lettuce
    100 g
  • Lime icon
    Lime
    2
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    as needed
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Ground lamb icon
    Ground lamb
    500 g
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    ½ tablespoon
  • Smoked paprika icon
    Smoked paprika
    ½ tablespoon
  • Ground coriander icon
    Ground coriander
    1 teaspoon
  • Dried oregano icon
    Dried oregano
    ½ tablespoon
  • Cayenne pepper icon
    Cayenne pepper
    ¼ teaspoon
  • Pita bread icon
    Pita bread
    4
  • Garlic mayonnaise icon
    Garlic mayonnaise
    4 tablespoons

Tools

  • kCook icon Cooking Chef XL
  • kCook icon Small bowl
  • kCook icon Cooking chef xl bowl
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Small bowl

Step preview

  1. Add red onion to a clean small bowl
  2. Squeeze lime into the small bowl
  3. Sprinkle with salt
  4. Mix well then set aside
  5. Add iceberg lettuce to a clean small bowl then set aside
  6. Attach the Stir Tool
  7. Add olive oil to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  8. Lift the Cooking Chef head and fit the heat shield
  9. Cook with splashguard fitted until hot - 1 min, 130°C, Speed OFF
  10. Then add ground lamb to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  11. Cook with splashguard fitted until browned - 5 min, 130°C, Stir 2
  12. Then add ground cumin, smoked paprika, ground coriander, dried oregano and cayenne pepper to the Cooking Chef XL Bowl
  13. Cook with splashguard fitted until fragrant - 4 min, 120°C, Stir 2
  14. Then season with salt
  15. Add pita bread to a clean plate
  16. Slice the pita bread in half
  17. Spread with Garlic mayonnaise
  18. Divide the pickled onion and lettuce between the pittas
  19. Pack each half of pitta bread with the content of the Cooking Chef bowl
  20. Serve
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