Morocan Lamb Meatballs with a Yoghurt and cucumber dip

Come Dine With Us are trying to explore the foods from different cultures to experience different flavours from around the world. The group think this is good as we have a lot of diversity within our group.

The group decided to try these Moroccan meatballs as an alternative to the Italian style meatballs we have made before.

The group were impressed by the recipe as it includes lots of different ingredients and flavours that they were excited to try.

The recipe for Meatballs:

Lamb Mince

Garlic

Onion

Fresh Chilli

Cumin seeds

Coriander Seeds

Cinnamon

Feta Cheese

Lemon Juice

Fresh Parsley

Salt and Pepper

One Egg

First crush the coriander and cumin seeds in a pestle and mortar and very finely chop the onion, garlic and chilli and put in a bowl.

Crumble the feta cheese into the bowl.

Add in all the other ingredients and using your hands thoroughly mix up the ingredients.

Then roll a small amount of the mixture between the palms of your hands until they make a rough ball. Then place on baking trays and bake in the oven.

The yoghurt and cucumber dip recipe:

Low fat yoghurt

Cucumber

Fresh Mint

Fresh Coriander

Lime juice

Salt and pepper

Chop parsley, mint and cucumber and mix all the ingredients in a bowl and that's it! A very simple dip which compliments the spices in the meatballs perfectly.

We served the meatballs with the yoghurt dip and some boiled rice rice with vegetables.

Everyone enjoyed the flavours of the dish! 

The group liked that we baked the meatballs instead of frying them, as this made it a healthier dish. The yoghurt dip was fresh and was really nice with the meatballs.