Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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  8             ounces  egg noodles -- uncooked
  1                cup  plain lowfat yogurt
  2 1/2      teaspoons  chili powder
  1         tablespoon  lemon juice
  2        tablespoons  fresh mint -- chopped
  1         tablespoon  vegetable oil
  1                     onion -- chopped
  1              pound  lean ground beef
                        salt -- to taste
                        fresh ground black pepper -- to taste
  16            ounces  canned tomatoes

Preparation:

Prepare pasta according to package directions, drain. In a tiny-mesh sieve or a cheesecloth-lined colander, drain the yogurt for 1/2 hour. While pasta cooks, in a small bowl, combine drained yogurt, 1/2 teaspoon of the chili powder, lemon juice and 1/2 of the mint, set aside. In a frying pan saute the onion in the vegetable oil until translucent. Add ground beef and saute just until the pink disappears. Drain beef well, then return to frying pan and add remaining chili powder, remaining mint, salt and pepper and cook one minute more. Add the tomatoes and simmer five minutes. Transfer pasta onto a serving plate and pour yogurt mixture on top. Then spoon meat mixture over yogurt and noodles and serve. Note: 2 teaspoons dried mint can be substituted for fresh mint.

Nutritional Information:

416 Calories (kcal); 20g Total Fat; (44% calories from fat); 22g Protein; 36g Carbohydrate; 95mg Cholesterol; 212mg Sodium