Air fryer lamb kofta pittas
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THIS CAME OUT MY AIR FRYER! – Juicy lamb kofta with pickled red cabbage and minted yoghurt 
This is the weekend treat you desperately need and it is so FRESH. You get all the satisfaction of a kebab without the grease and regret. Still love a proper dirty kebab though ngl. The benefit to using an air fryer is that you need less oil, it’s so much quickly and theres way less washing up. That’s my favourite part. I’m the kinda cook who goes “nah leave it to til tomorrow” then forget, then wake up to a pile of washing up that makes me want to cry. I swear I wasn’t like this when I worked in professional kitchens.
Serving suggestion
Serve this with a pickled red cabbage! You can buy it from the shops but it’s so easy to make. Just bring 50ml water and 100ml vinegar (I use red wine vinegar but you can use anything) to the boil with 50g caster sugar and a pinch of salt. You can also add in some whole spices for extra flavour like coriander seeds, chilli flakes, cinnamon sticks – make it your own and shove a load in that delicious meaty pitta.
It’s also not complete with a minty youghurt and a bit of fresh veg. It’s basically a salad at this point.
If you want to see some more fakeaway inspired meals or air fryer recipes, drop me a DM and I’ll add to my list. I also make a bangin Jack Daniels glazed chicken if you want some inspo for next weekend.
The recipe is from my book The Actually Delicious Air Fryer Cookbook, but you can find the recipe below. Don’t say I don’t ever treat ya x
Ingredients
metric imperial
- 250g lamb mince
- 1 tsp fennel seeds
- 1 tsp coriander seeds
- 1 tsp black peppercorns
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- ½ tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp flaky salt
- To serve - pittas, pickled red cabbage, mint yoghurt, salad
Method
- Toast off the whole spices in a large dry pan until fragrant, then crush in a mortar and pestle to a powder and add to the lamb mince with the rest of the spices. Smush it together with your hands until its all combined, then cover and leave to marinade for an hour in the fridge.
- When the mince has finished marinating, form into golf ball sized balls and press them down slightly to flatten. Spray with oil and air fry for 9-10 minutes at 200ºc. Throw the pitta breads in with the kofta for the last 2 minutes of cooking.
- Serve in the toasted pitta breads with the pickled cabbage, salad and smother it in mint yoghurt bab!