Moroccan Lamb Kebabs with Warm Chickpea Salad

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recipe by Cormac Walsh

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    17mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    2
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    3065

All the mouth-watering flavours of Morocco in less than 30 minutes. Lamb and cumin are a match made in heaven, and fragrant harissa takes this quick and tasty dish to the next level. The flavour-packed chickpea salad turns this into the perfect summer meal. Don’t forget to pre-soak your wooden skewers to prevent them from burning.

recipe updated 7 Dec 2020

Ingredients

  • Lamb leg icon
    Lamb leg
    1
  • Red onion icon
    Red onion
    1
  • Coriander icon
    Coriander
    4 tablespoons
  • Ground cumin icon
    Ground cumin
    1 teaspoon
  • Ground coriander icon
    Ground coriander
    1 teaspoon
  • Harissa icon
    Harissa
    2 teaspoons
  • Olive oil icon
    Olive oil
    2 tablespoons
  • Cumin seeds icon
    Cumin seeds
    1 tablespoon
  • Fresh chilli icon
    Fresh chilli
    ½
  • Tinned chickpeas icon
    Tinned chickpeas
    400 g
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    1 pinch
  • Black pepper icon
    Black pepper
    1 pinch
  • Water icon
    Water
    1 tablespoon
  • Rocket icon
    Rocket
    40 g

Tools

  • kCook icon Barbecue
  • kCook icon Plate
  • kCook icon Large mixing bowl
  • kCook icon Frying pan
  • kCook icon Serving plate

Step preview

  1. Add lamb leg, ground cumin, ground coriander and harissa to a clean large mixing bowl
  2. Toss well until coated
  3. Assemble then set aside
  4. Transfer content of large mixing bowl to plate
  5. Add olive oil to a clean frying pan
  6. Heat in frying pan - medium heat
  7. Cook red onion in the frying pan
  8. Add cumin seeds and fresh chilli to the frying pan
  9. Cook - approx 1 min
  10. Add tinned chickpeas and coriander to the frying pan
  11. Cook - approx 2 min
  12. Add salt and black pepper to the frying pan
  13. Set aside
  14. Cook meat completely until golden brown - approx 8 min, medium-high heat
  15. Add water to the frying pan
  16. Toss with rocket
  17. Transfer content of frying pan to serving plate
  18. Top meat with serving plate
  19. Serve immediately
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