Shaved Onion Salad w/Cucumber, Yogurt, and Mint Over Lamb Chops

Name: Shaved Onion Salad w/Cucumber, Yogurt, and Mint Over Lamb Chops
Ingredients: ½ tsp (1 to 2 g) cumin seed; 1 garlic clove (0.2 oz | 14 g), minced; 2 Tbsp (15 ml) olive oil; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; ¼ cup (60 g) yogurt; 3 to 4 lamb chops per person (or about 8 oz | 230 g per person); Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 6 sprigs mint, stemmed, leaves kept whole; 1 small sweet onion (4 oz | ½ cup | 115 g), shaved thinly; 1 cucumber (12 oz | 340 g), cut in half, seeds removed if large, then cut into half-moons

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Ruffage

By Abra Berens

Published 2019

About

The testers of this book preferred this salad with a sweet onion. I like it with a storage or red onion. If you are not a red meat eater, this recipe pairs well with grilled fish, seared chicken, stewy black beans, or soft chickpeas.

Ingredients

½ tsp (1 to 2 g) cumin seed
2 Tbsp (15

Main course
Gluten-free

Method

In a large frying pan, toast the cumin until fragrant.

Add it to the olive oil and garlic and allow to steep for 10 minutes.

Whisk the cumin oil into the yogurt with a big pinch of salt.

Pat the lamb chops dry and season liberally with salt and pepper.

Roast or grill the lamb chops to medi