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Arayes (lamb-stuffed grilled pita) with garlic white sauce

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Ingredients
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  • 1 cup flour
  • baking powder
  • salt
  • ⅓ cup plain yogurt
Mix a cup of flour, a little baking powder, a little salt and about a third of a cup of plain yogurt; combine as best you can.
Turn out the shaggy mixture and work it a couple of minutes into one ball; rest about 30 minutes.
  • sour cream
  • mayo
  • parsley
  • garlic
  • cumin
  • lime juice
  • white vinegar
  • salt and pepper
  • milk
Garlic white sauce: mix sour cream, mayo, finely chopped parsley, garlic, cumin, lime juice, a little white vinegar, salt and pepper; thin with a little milk.
Garlic white sauce
  • ground lamb
  • chopped onion
  • parsley
  • cilantro
  • cumin
  • cinnamon
  • red pepper flakes
  • garlic paste
  • kosher salt
  • coarse ground black pepper
Filling: mix ground lamb with chopped onion, parsley, cilantro, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper flakes, garlic paste, a big pinch of kosher salt and coarse black pepper, by gloved hand.
Lamb filling
With more flour, shape the dough round, cut into four, roll each into a ball and then out thin to about six inches.
Cook each in a pan over medium-high heat, flipping, until browned and puffed; let cool.
Cooking the pitas in a pan
Cut each pita in half and open the pocket with a small knife.
Opening and stuffing the pitas
Stuff with the lamb, pressing it flat and even and flush with the open edge, without tearing the pita.
  • olive oil
Brush the outside with a little olive oil and grill with the lid on, a couple of minutes a side, adding a little more oil and flipping.
Stand them on the open edge so the exposed lamb gets grill marks, about a minute and a half per way.
Standing them up to grill the lamb face
Serve with the garlic white sauce.
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