Side dishes for middle eastern lamb

[butterfliesinmytummy]

I'm going to make a middle eastern / Turkish lamb dish for a big Sunday lunch and will do a jeweled couscous as a side dish (mezze for starters), what veg can I do? Child friendly would be a bonus!

My kids love chickpeas - they're almost a vegetable, right?

I did this recently and we had salads, flatbread and dips too. Mmmm....

a lovely tzatsiki/cacik goes really well with lamb and is v easy and cheap to make. LIDL do a great Turkish style yoghurt that would be ideal for this.

Tabbouleh? If you do it 'properly' so it's more herb than bulgur. Or fattoush salad, or chickpea mash (ie two tins of chickpeas in the blender with a but if cumin/sumac), tzatsiki, tomato and coriander salad? Sounds v nice!

In Rhodes = so nearly Turkey -I had this lovely salad that was basically chopped flat leaf parsley with chopped red onion through it. Delicious

Ottolenghi's roasted cauliflower salad from "Jerusalem"?

Thank you all, was looking for something green but like the idea of a cacik and a tabbouleh, chickpeas would be good too, could do something stew-like with them.... Mustn't forget the flatbreads. I live in Texas so no Lidl but a vast Turkish supermarket / deli nearby with loads of imported stuff so will stock up there

On the Ottolenghi site now Huevos, should have thought of that first!

The cauliflower salad is awesome, so much better than it sounds from the ingredients list :)

Recipe here if you don't have the book

Thanks!

Homemade pickles