Indian Beef Patties In Pitas With Cucumber Yogurt

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains	Indian	Beef, Ground, Indian, Sandwiches	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

		Indian Beef Patties-
1	oz	Fresh ginger root, 1" cube
2		Garlic clove, minced
3		Jalapeno chile peppers
		seeded and chopped
2	T	Fresh mint
1		Onion, quartered
1	lb	Extra lean ground beef
		Salt, to taste
2	t	Ground cumin
		Cucumber Yogurt-
1/2		Cucumber, peeled seeded
		cut in small dice
2	c	Plain lowfat yogurt

INSTRUCTIONS

TO PREPARE: For the patties, mince first 4 ingredients in a food
processor. Add the onions; pulse until minced. Add the ground beef,
cumin, and 1 teaspoon salt; pulse to combine.  Make the Cucumber Yogurt
recipe: Mix cucmbers and yogurt in a small  bowl; set aside.  TO COOK:
Heat the broiler. Divide ground beef mixture into 8  portions. Form
each portion into a patty, 3 inches in diameter.  Transfer patties to a
broiling pan. Broil patties, turning once,  until they are browned on
both sides, about 6 minutes.  TO SERVE: Place 2 beef patties into each
pita bread. Then, spoon a  portion of the Cucumber Yogurt into each
Indian Beef Patty Pocket.  Serve immediately.  Per serving: 386
Calories; 22g Fat (51% calories from fat); 29g  Protein; 18g
Carbohydrate; 85mg Cholesterol; 164mg Sodium  NOTES : A Subcontinental
spin on Gyros, about as easy as hamburgers.  You can substitute ground
lamb or chicken for the beef in these meat  patties. Or you can
substitute 1-inch cubes of lamb, chicken, fish or  beef for the ground
meat patties and use the remaining patty  ingredients listed as a
marinade for the meat or fish cubes, which  are then broiled. Recipe
by: Ron West  Posted to Bakery-Shoppe Digest V1 #491 by Ron West
<ronwest@bigfoot.net> on Jan 7, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 283 Calories From Fat: 181 Total Fat: 19.6g Cholesterol: 78.2mg Sodium: 151mg Potassium: 412.4mg Carbohydrates: 3.6g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 1.5g Protein: 21.8g