Stuffed Cabbage Leaves

Stuffed Cabbage Leaves - Vegan Traditional Anatolian Lahana Sarmasi

Ingredients:

• Cabbage (1 Piece)
• Rice (600ml- 3 Watercup)
• Onion (3 Pieces)
• Garlic (4 Cloves)
• Olive Oil (100ml - 1/2 Watercup)
• Tomato Paste (2 Tablespoons)
• Pomegranate Syrup (1 Tablespoon)
• Salt (2 Teaspoon)
• Black Pepper (1 Teaspoon)
• Paprika Powder (1 Teaspoon)
• Dried Mint (2 Teaspoon)
• Hot Water (200ml - 1 Watercup)

How to Cook Stuffed Cabbage Leaves? Vegan Anatolian Traditional Rice Stuffed Cabbage Leaves Delicious Food (Recipe)

1. Pull off the cabbage leaves.
2. Put 1 liter of water in pot, then boil.
3. Put cabbage leaves in pot and boil both sides.
4. After leaves are boiled, take leaves and put it on the tray. Wait until they get room temprature.
5. Chop onions finely.
6. Chop garlic cloves finely.
7. Add olive oil in another pot, then add chopped onions and chopped garlic cloves.
8. Roast onions and garlics until they get pinkish color.
9. Add tomato paste, pomegranate syrup, salt, black pepper, paprika powder and stir well.
10. Add rice and 1 watercup of water in pot and stir well.
11. Cook with medium heat until rice absorbs all the water in the pot.
12. After rice absorbs the all water in the pot, turn off the heater and add dried mint top of it. Stir well.
13. Wait until cooked mixture gets room temprature.
14. Lay the cabbage leaves and put 1 tablespoon of our mixture on a cabbage leave.
15. Roll the leave, like in the picture. Do it for all the leaves.
16. Put leaves in another pot horizontally.
17. Add 2 Tablespoon of olive oil top of the pot. 
18. Add water 2-3cm above the rolls.
19. Add 1.5 teaspoon of salt in pot.
20. Put medium size plate top of the rolls to prevent rolls can't open when they cooking.
21. Cook with medium heat.

Enjoy it!

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