Smokin’ Chickpea Vegetarian Gyros
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How to make this recipe
Rinse, drain and pat dry the chickpeas.
On a foil lined baking tray, scatter the chickpeas with the oil, paprika, cayenne pepper and oregano.Season with salt and pepper and shake the tray to evenly coat everything. Pop in the oven for 20 minutes.
Add the grated cucumber (squeezed of excess moisture), greek yogurt, lime juice and chopped mint to a bowl. Season generously with salt.
Mix together to make the tzatziki.
Heat a griddle pan or non stick pan and dry toast the flat bread for around 1 minute. Use your tongs to gently fold the flatbread lengthways to form the shape of the gyros. To assemble the gyros start by adding a thick layer of tzatziki, a couple of lettuce leaves, the remaining sliced cucumber, a handful of smoky chickpeas, tomatoes, onion and some crumbled feta. Enjoy!
Smokin’ Chickpea Vegetarian Gyros
Ingredients
- 400 g 240g drained weight tin of chickpeas (£0.31)
- ½ lime, juiced (£0.20)
- 1 cucumber ½ grated, ½ thinly sliced (£0.43)
- 250 ml Greek yogurt (£0.56)
- ½ small red onion, finely diced (£0.18)
- 125 g cherry tomatoes, finely chopped (£0.49)
- 1 little gem lettuce, washed (£0.70)
- 50 g feta, crumbled (£0.75/4)=(£0.19)
- 4 flatbreads (£1.35)
- 1 Handful of fresh mint, chopped and removed from the stems (£0.50)
Cupboard Essentials
- ½ tbsp smoked paprika
- ¼-½ tsp cayenne pepper
- ½ tsp oregano
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & Pepper
Method
Preheat oven to 200°C fan
- Rinse, drain and pat the chickpeas dry. Add them to a foil lined baking sheet along with the oil, paprika, cayenne pepper and oregano. Season with salt and pepper and shake the tray to evenly coat everything. Pop in the oven for 20M.
- Prepare the tzatziki by combining the grated cucumber (squeezed of excess moisture), greek yogurt, lime juice and chopped mint. Season generously with salt.
- Dry toast the flat bread by heating in a griddle pan/ non-stick pan on a medium heat for around 1 minute. Use your tongs to gently fold the flatbread lengthways to form the shape of the gyros.
- Assemble the gyros by adding a thick layer of tzatziki, a couple of lettuce leaves, remaining sliced cucumber, a handful of smoky chickpeas, tomatoes, onion and some crumbled feta.
- Use any remaining tzatziki as a dip!
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