You may be well aware by now that we are big lamb lovers in our house. We just can’t get enough of that sheepy goodness. However, lamb options in Korea are sadly rather limited. So when I discovered a bag of New Zealand leg of lamb shavings in the Foreign food mart, I just had to have it. I would more or less describe them as lamb sam gyub sal. It cost about 10,000 for 1kg. I decided to make some home-made lamb gyros and they went down a storm. Quick and easy to make, a great dinner on a hot summers eve.
Ingredients
Gyros
500g of frozen lamb shavings
1 teaspoon of cumin
1 teaspoon of coriander
A pinch of chili powder (or as much as you like)
4 tortillas
1/2 a red onion
1 tomato
1 small handful of lettuce
1/2 a cucumber
Tzatziki
250g of plain yogurt
1 teaspoon of lemon juice
1/4 of a cucumber
1 clove of garlic
12 mint leaves
A small pinch of salt.
Directions
To make the tzatziki put the yogurt in a bowl, add the lemon juice and salt, and stir. Finely chop the mint leaves and cucumber and add to the yoghurt. Crush the garlic and stir into the tzatziki. Leave for about 20 minutes to marinate.
Wash your salad leaves and slice the tomato, onion, and cucumber and set aside. In a dry frying pan, fry the lamb shavings for a minute or two before adding the cumin, coriander and chili powder. Fry until the lamb has cooked through. Warm the tortillas by cooking on each side for one minute in the frying pan. When everything is ready, assemble and devour. Voilà homemade lamb gyros.
