By bbc.co.uk
Tava lamb with avocado and radish salad
Instructions
Prep:30minCook:2h
Tava is a traditional lamb dish popular in Greece, Turkey and Cyprus. Here it is served with a fresh salad in a tahini and sesame dressing.
Updated at: Sun, 14 Dec 2025 21:19:57 GMT
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Ingredients
4 servings
4onions
cut into thin wedges
800gCypriot potatoes
or other, peeled and cut into 4cm/1 1/2in chunks
900glamb neck fillet
cut into 4cm/1 1/2in chunks
80mlolive oil
1 Tbspground cumin
3bay leaves
2 Tbsptomato purée
6tomatoes
ripe, roughly chopped
75glong-grain rice
350mlchicken stock
hot
0.5 bunchfresh flatleaf parsley
finely chopped
sea salt
freshly ground black pepper
1garlic clove
bruised
1lemon juice only
3 Tbspextra virgin olive oil
1 heaped tbsptahini
2 Tbspsesame seeds
toasted
4spring onions
trimmed and finely sliced
0.5 bunchfresh mint
leaves picked and chopped, plus extra to garnish
250gradishes
some sliced and some roughly chopped
2Little Gem lettuces
or 1 romaine lettuce, trimmed, washed and large leaves chopped
2avocados
stones removed and flesh chopped
Instructions
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