The protein cooking time listed in this recipe has been updated.
As of December 2025, we’ve revised cooking times for all our proteins to reflect improved food safety guidance.
Check out the latest recommended times in our Cooking Guidelines.
Middle Eastern Beef Patties with Mint Yoghurt & Quinoa
Spiced beef patties are the star of this mezze. You'll make them with tender, grass-fed British mince, then dish up with fibre-rich quinoa, cooling cucumber salad and a dollop of lemony herb yoghurt. Finish with a sprinkle of dukkah.
Ready in 20
High protein
7 plants
Serving size
Ingredients
- 2 tsp dukkah spice blend (buckwheat, pine kernel, coriander, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, cumin, oregano, paprika, sea salt)
- 80g almond yoghurt (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
- 1 handful of fresh mint (use half)
- 80g quinoa (quinoa (100%))
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 midi cucumber
- 20g rocket
- 280g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 1 handful of fresh dill (use half)
- 110g baby tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 unwaxed lemon
- 1 tbsp Middle Eastern spice mix (galangal, cinnamon, ginger, pimento, cardamom, kalonji seeds, lavender flower, coriander, cassia, cumin, mace, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, chilli powder)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 567
Protein: 40g
Carbs: 40g
Fat: 29g
Ingredients
- 1 handful of fresh mint (use half)
- 1 onion (use half)
- 1 midi cucumber (use half)
- 20g rocket
- 1 unwaxed lemon (use half)
- 80g quinoa (use half) (quinoa (100%))
- 110g baby tomatoes (use half)
- 2 tsp dukkah spice blend (use half) (buckwheat, pine kernel, coriander, pumpkin seeds, poppy seeds, cumin, oregano, paprika, sea salt)
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar (use half)
- 80g almond yoghurt (use half) (Nuts) (Almond Drink (95%) (Filtered Water/Almonds), Thickener: Starch (Tapioca / Carob Gum), Live Vegan Cultures)
- 1 handful of fresh dill (use half)
- 140g beef mince (british beef mince (10% fat))
- 1 tbsp Middle Eastern spice mix (use half) (galangal, cinnamon, ginger, pimento, cardamom, kalonji seeds, lavender flower, coriander, cassia, cumin, mace, nutmeg, clove, black pepper, chilli powder)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 514
Protein: 39g
Carbs: 40g
Fat: 24g
Middle Eastern Beef Patties with Mint Yoghurt & Quinoa
Spiced beef patties are the star of this mezze. You'll make them with tender, grass-fed British mince, then dish up with fibre-rich quinoa, cooling cucumber salad and a dollop of lemony herb yoghurt. Finish with a sprinkle of dukkah.
Getting hungry?
Find 56 recipes a week just like this one at Mindful Chef, that are all:
Delicious, high quality food - and lots of it
No stodgy refined carbs - no food comas here
Goodness from natural food - full of fibre
Cooking Instructions
- Place a large saucepan filled with salted boiling water on high heat. Add the quinoa and boil for 13-14 mins, until cooked, then drain. Season with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
- Add the mince to a bowl with Middle Eastern spice mix and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Mix well, then use wet hands to shape into 4 patties (2 for 1 person). Heat a medium frying pan with 1 tsp oil on a medium-high heat. Add the patties and cook for 4-5 mins on each side, until golden brown.
- Meanwhile, make the quick pickled onions; thinly slice the onion and place into a small bowl with the vinegar and a pinch of sea salt. Mix and leave to pickle. Thinly slice the cucumber into half-moons. Finely chop the dill. Remove the mint leaves from their stalks and finely chop. Halve the tomatoes. Zest and quarter the lemon.
- Make the herb yoghurt; in a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, yoghurt, half the dill and half the mint. Season lightly with sea salt and black pepper.
- Make the cucumber salad; mix the cucumber, tomatoes and pickled onion in a bowl. Season with sea salt and black pepper. In a separate bowl, mix the quinoa, rocket, juice from half the lemon and 1 tsp olive oil.
- Serve the beef patties with the quinoa and cucumber salad. Garnish with the herb yoghurt, remaining lemon wedges and a sprinkle of dukkah.
Looking for more recipe inspiration?
Subscribe to our newsletter and get delicious seasonal inspiration and recipes, plus 25% off your first 4 boxes with us!
By signing up to our mailing list you agree to the terms of our Privacy Policy.