Hearty Keftedes With Tzatziki Recipe
These hearty keftedes with tzatziki sauce are great served as appetizers, especially during Ramadan when you have guests over. It can also be made to serve for dinner as well.
Ingredients
Keftedes Ingredients
1 pound ground lamb (minced lamb)- ½ cup cauliflower florets - steamed
1 small yellow onion - roughly chopped
2 cloves garlic 
1 tablespoon dried mint
2 teaspoons dried oregano
½ teaspoon red pepper flakes - optional
1 large egg
1 pinch kosher salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
2 tablespoons avocado oil - for frying
Tzatziki Ingredients
1 cup Greek yogurt - goat’s milk
⅓ cup cucumber - grated and squeezed of excess moisture
2 tablespoons fresh dill - finely chopped
2 tablespoons mint - finely chopped
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 teaspoon lemon zest - optional- 1 clove garlic - grated with a microphone
Instructions
- To make the keftedes meatballs place steamed cauliflower, onion, and garlic into a food processor and blitz until everything is finely minced.
- Remove the onion mixture into a mixing bowl and add lamb, seasonings, and an egg to your ground. Then mix without overworking the meat, or it’ll become tough.
- If you want to let the flavors meld together, you can make this mixture ahead of time and refrigerate it, or you can resume making them into balls. Using a measuring tablespoon, scoop up a heap of ground lamb, gently form them into balls, and set them aside on a baking sheet.
- To cook the meatballs, you can either bake them in a preheated 450 degrees Fahrenheit oven for 15 minutes or fry them in a pan with ¼-inch of oil on medium-high heat for two minutes on opposing sides until nicely browned.
- To make the tzatziki add all the ingredients to a small mixing bowl and combine.
- Serve!
Nutrition
Calories: 52kcalCarbohydrates: 1gProtein: 3gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.4gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.001gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 13mgPotassium: 51mgFiber: 0.2gSugar: 0.3gVitamin A: 36IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 13mgIron: 0.3mg
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