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Opa! Yummy Greek Kebabs

The following dish takes no less than 10 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.

POLOKWANE – Make your Friday night exciting by preparing these mouth watering Greek Lamb Kebabs.

Greek cuisine has a culinary tradition of around 4,000 years and is a part of the history and the culture of Greece. Its flavors change with the season and its geography. Many Greek recipes, especially in the northern parts of the country, use “sweet” spices in combination with meat, like cinnamon, whole spice and cloves in stews.

Greek cuisine is very diverse and although there are many common characteristics amongst the culinary traditions of different regions within the country, there are also many differences.

The recipe is as follows:

Ingredients

  1. 1 x pinch black pepper
  2. 1 x clove garlic, crushed
  3. 1 x red chilli, sliced
  4. 750g lamb, cut into 2.5 cm cubes
  5. 5ml lemon juice
  6. 145ml KNORR Light Yoghurt & Herb Salad Dressing
  7. 2 x onions, cut into wedges
  8. lime leaves
  9. tzatziki and couscous to serve

Method

  1. Pour KNORR Light Yoghurt & Herb Salad Dressing into a bowl.
  2. Add chilli, garlic, lemon juice, lamb and black pepper, and marinate overnight.
  3. Soak wooden skewers in cold water for 1 hour before threading.
  4. Thread the lamb, onion and lime leaves onto the skewers and brush with marinade.
  5. Place under the grill (or on the braai) for 20 min until cooked ensuring to baste at regular intervals.
  6. Serve with Tzatziki and couscous.

This recipe can be found on What’s for Dinner

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Raeesa Sempe

Raeesa Sempe is a Caxton Award-winning Digital Editor with nine years’ experience in the industry. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies from the University of the Witwatersrand and started her journey as a community journalist for the Polokwane Review in 2015. She then became the online journalist for the Review in 2016 where she excelled in solidifying the Review’s digital footprint through Facebook lives, content creation and marketing campaigns. Raeesa then moved on to become the News Editor of the Bonus Review in 2019 and scooped up the Editorial Employee of the Year award in the same year. She is the current Digital Editor of the Polokwane Review-Observer, a position she takes pride in. Raeesa is married with one child and enjoys spending time with friends, listening to music and baking – when she has the time. “I still believe that if your aim is to change the world, journalism is a more immediate short-term weapon." – Tom Stoppard

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