Taken from the Weight Watchers Pure Points 2 book this involved a bit of forward planning as it involved marinating the meat overnight. Diced beef and mushrooms were put into a marinade of olive oil, chilli, cumin, garlic, salt and pepper and red wine.
I hit the first hurdle with the red wine... none anywhere in the house and as I was sorting the marinade out late last night, no time to shop for it...so i put in some Sherry as it was the closest thing I had. I also had to substitute one large red chilli for one small green birdseye chilli. Despite these substitutions the end result was pretty tasty.
The recipe involved putting the pieces of beef and mushrooms on skewers to cook on the grill or BBQ, then taking off and putting in the pittas. This sounded like too much effort, so I put it in a wok to seal the meat then put it in a dish under the grill for the specified time. Much, much quicker and with the same end result.
I also made the suggested dip of yoghurt, mint and cucumber, which went with this very nicely.
My only criticism would be that it was very messy to eat...although that may just be me as my Husband didn't have any problems.
We both agree that this is one we would cook again, but we would dice the beef smaller to make it easier to eat. My Husband would also like the addition of another chilli next time as he likes his food spicy. The only other change would be to lock the cat out before starting to eat as once again he was very interested!
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