African Spiced, Minced Meat Pita Breads

Ingredients:

- 400 g ground beef
- 2 tbsp sesame oil
- 1 handful baby spinach
- 1 heaping tbsp samar (African spice)
- 3 tbsp red lentils
- 3 spring onions
- 1 tbsp paprika seed oil
- 2 heaping tablespoons sour cream
- 1 tbsp peach jam
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 6 pita breads
- 1 tomato

I found an additive-free pita bread that I like to use for quick weekday dinners when I don’t have time to bake. Otherwise, flour, baking powder, oil, a bit of water kneaded together and cooked in a pan for a few minutes works too, but more on that another time. Let’s focus now on what went into this!

I cooked the lentils in a small pot with salt, pepper, and twice as much water. I let them cook until all the water was absorbed. I browned the ground beef in two tablespoons of sesame oil over high heat, added salt, ground in some pepper, and seasoned it with samar. Once it was nicely browned, I added the cooked lentils, finely chopped spring onions, and spinach. I stirred it together and waited until the spinach wilted a bit.

For the sauce, I mixed the sour cream, paprika seed oil, and peach jam, and added a pinch of salt. I warmed both sides of the pita breads in a dry (unoiled) pan, then piled on the meat, tomato slices, and finally the sauce. We ate them rolled up.