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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Soak 8 wooden skewers in cold water to prevent burning. | 2. Combine the lamb, onion, garlic, lemon zest and pistachio nuts in a large bowl, season well and chill for 45 minutes. | 3. To make the garlic and olive sauce, combine the yogurt, garlic, olives, mint and lemon juice together and season to taste with freshly ground black pepper. | 4. Refrigerate until needed. | 5. To make the roasted vegetable couscous, preheat the oven to 450°F | 6. Cut the peppers, eggplant and zucchini into chunks of about 2in and cut the onion into wedges. | 7. Place the prepared vegetables into a large roasting tin and toss with the olive oil. Season well and roast for 25-30 minutes. | 8. Meanwhile roughly crush the cumin and coriander seeds in a pestle and mortar. | 9. Add the green beans, garbanzos, garlic and ground spices to the vegetables and cook for a further 10-12 minutes, until all the vegetables are tender. | 10. For the couscous, place the couscous in a large bowl and cover with the boiling water. Set aside for 5 minutes. | 11. Fluff up the couscous with a fork and add the olive oil, lemon zest and juice and half of the cilantro. Season well and toss to combine. | 12. Divide the lamb mixture into 8 and mould around the wooden skewers. Brush with a little olive oil. | 13. Preheat a grill to medium and cook the lamb skewers on both sides for 15-20 minutes. | 14. Spread the couscous out on a large serving dish. Pile the roasted vegetables on top and sprinkle over the remaining cilantro. Top with the lamb kebab, drizzle with a little chili oil (if using) and serve immediately. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
cilantro	1	bunch	chopped	-	-	-	-
chili oil				50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
lamb	1		ground lean	1211.112	0.0	76.5677	97.9322
onion	1		chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
garlic clove	1		crushed	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
lemon zest	1			50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
pistachio	2	ounces	chopped	317.52	15.4054	11.4307	25.6964
salt black pepper			ground	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
olive oil				358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
greek yogurt	7/8	cup		-	-	-	-
garlic clove	2		roasted	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
black olive	2	ounces	mixed pitted chopped	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
mint	1/2		chopped	1.254	0.2397	0.0938	0.0208
lemon juice				-	-	-	-
red bell pepper	2			50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
eggplant	1			-	-	-	-
zucchini	2			4.62	0.6842	0.5962	0.08800000000000001
red onion	1		peeled	-	-	-	-
olive oil	3	tablespoons		358.02	0.0	0.0	40.5
cumin seed	1	tablespoon		22.5	2.6544	1.0686	1.3362
coriander seed	1	tablespoon		14.9	2.7495	0.6185	0.8885
green bean	4	ounces	trimmed	35.1534	7.9038	2.0752	0.2495
garbanzo bean	1	can	drained rinsed	1133.4333	188.7556	61.3793	18.1109
garlic clove	4			50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
couscous	8	ounces		852.7527	175.6081	28.9392	1.4515
water	1 1/4	1/4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
extra virgin olive oil	2	tablespoons		50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833
lemon juice zest	1		juice	50.4333	0.0	11.22	0.2833

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.