Cypriot Style Chicken Skewers

Ingredients

• pitta bread
• olive oil
• cumin seeds
• salt
• pepper
• chicken breasts
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp coriander seeds
• 1 unwaxed lemon
• mint leaves
• 1 cucumber
• 1/2 clove garlic
• Greek yoghurt
• extra virgin olive oil
• white cabbage
• white onion
• fresh coriander
• sesame seeds

Method

1. Preheat oven to 200°C.
2. Pull apart pitta bread and crumble it.
3. Drizzle pitta with oil, sprinkle cumin seeds, salt, and pepper.
4. Roast pitta for 10 minutes until crispy.
5. Grate zest of lemon and mix with crushed garlic, coriander seeds, pepper, and oil to make marinade.
6. Cut chicken breasts into strips and coat with marinade.
7. Thread chicken strips onto skewers.
8. Heat griddle pan until very hot.
9. Cook chicken skewers on griddle until juices run clear.
10. Grate cucumber and squeeze out excess liquid.
11. Mix grated cucumber, chopped mint, grated garlic, salt, pepper, yoghurt, and olive oil to make tzatziki.
12. Shred white cabbage and white onion finely.
13. Mix cabbage and onion with lemon juice, salt, and olive oil to make coleslaw.
14. Place roasted pitta on platter.
15. Spread tzatziki over pitta.
16. Place cooked chicken skewers on tzatziki.
17. Top with coleslaw and fresh coriander.
18. Sprinkle sesame seeds over the dish.