Lamb giaortlou kebab - lamb kofta with tomato sauce and yoghurt

• 2 roasted red peppers from a jar
• blitzed into a paste
• or 1 tsp Turkish red pepper paste biber salçası

For the Tomato Sauce

• 2 tbsp of butter
• 400 g | 14oz can chopped tomatoes
• 1 tbsp red pepper paste
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 1 cinnamon stick or 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp ground cloves
• freshly ground black pepper

For the lamb kofta

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 red onion grated or very finely diced
• 3 garlic cloves minced
• 500 g | 1.1lb minced lamb
• 2 tbsp red pepper paste
• 1 tbsp finely chopped fresh parsley
• 1 tsp ground cumin
• 1 tsp ground cinnamon
• 1 tsp hot paprika
• 1 tsp ground allspice
• ½ tsp ground black pepper
• olive oil as needed, to cook the kofta

For the Yogurt Sauce

• 500 g | 1.1lb Greek-style yogurt

• 
1 tbsp virgin olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves minced

You will need

• Wooden skewers soaked in water so they don’t burn
• flatbreads or pocketless pitta bread to serve
• 1 thinly sliced red onion to serve
• Chopped parsley to garnish
• paprika to sprinkle