Puasa Special: Easy Kebabs

Again, this is not really one of my favorites, though my family members really really like it. Hanisah claimed that she would be able to eat 4 or 5 of these! One good thing though, the filling of these kebabs are easily adjusted so that anyone can eat it - even picky me! And they are easily made in advance, and keep well, so they are an easy Sungkai food! So....what are you waiting for? ;)

What you need:
Minced beef
Minced onions
Minced garlic
Curry Powder
Salt
Tomato sauce
Chilli sauce
Mayonaise
Cucumber
Fresh tomato

Pitta bread

What you do:

1. Marinate the minced beef with the onions, garlic, curry powder and salt for about 15 minutes.
2. Heat up a little oil in a frying pan and add the beef. When almost cooked through, season with tomato or chilli sauce, depending on how hot you want it to be.
3. At this point, the filling can be stored in the fridge for a few days, until you need it.
4. To assemble the kebabs, chop up the cucumber and tomato into small pieces, and mix it into the beef filling.
5. Cut the pitta bread into half to form pockets, and spread mayonaise on the inside.
6. Fill it with the beef and vegetable mixture, and you're done! If you're serving it later, heat briefly in a microwave to warm it up.

The thing that is nice about these kebabs is that they can be adapted to almost anyone's taste. For example, I take mine without mayo or veggies - a "plain" kebab, if you like. Apparently, its better if you chop beef up into small pieces by hand, but pre-minced beef is an easier alternative. You don't even have to use beef! Feel free to use lamb, chicken, fish, veggies... anything you want, really! Serve with a fresh green salad to make it a healthier meal.

When I eat plain kebabs that are sold in restaurants/shops, they always come off too... dry, somehow, since they are meant to be served with mayo and other sauces. But these homemade kebabs are just right... juicy enough, but not too wet so that they are too hard to eat. Of course, you might say these aren't authentic kebabs, since kebab meat should be slowly roasted on on a skewer, but again, these are a cheaper (and most likely healthier!) kebabs than commercially available ones. At least you KNOW what goes into the kebabs ;)