Lamb Salad With Tzatziki

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/2 cup couscous
• 100 ml boiling water
• olive oil
• 400 g loin lamb, fillets
• 1/2 cup roasted red capsicum, jarred commercial is good
• 1 lebanese cucumber, quartered length ways, chopped into chunks
• 1/4 small red onion, thinly sliced
• 75 g baby rocket
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1/2 small lebanese cucumber, grated
• 1/2 cup greek yogurt
• 1 small garlic clove, crushed
• 1 tablespoon shredded mint leaf
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 tzatziki:.
• 2 using your hands squeeze excess moisture from the cucumber.
• 3 combine cucumber, yogurt, garlic, mint and 1 tablespoon of lemon juice in a bowl: season to taste with salt and pepper. cover and refrigerate until required.
• 4 lamb and salad:.
• 5 preheat oven to 200c.
• 6 combine couscous and boiling water in a heatproof bowl; cover and set aside 8 minutes, or until water is absorbed.
• 7 heat a little olive oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium high heat. season the lamb fillets with salt and pepper, then cook two minutes each side or until browned.
• 8 place on an oven tray and place in oven; cook for 5 minutes or until cooked to your liking.
• 9 remove from the oven, cover loosely with foil and allow to rest for 5 minutes.
• 10 stir the couscous with a fork to separate, add the capsicum, rocket, onion and lemon juice.
• 11 spoon the couscous salad mix serving plates, top each with thickly sliced lamb fillet and a dollop of tzatziki.