Post by chief_cook2 on Oct 25, 2004 11:59:27 GMT -6
Ingredients:
1 large Head cabbage
1 lb Coarsely ground beef
1 cup Rice
2 teaspoon Salt
2 Lemons (Juice of) 1/4 teaspoon M.S.G.
1/2 teaspoon Allspice
3 Cloves garlic
2 cup Canned tomatoes OR 1 can tomato paste
Cooking Instructions:
Wash rice and drain. Add meat and 1 cup tomatoes or 1/2 can paste.
Add salt, pepper and spices. This is the filling. Separate cabbage
leaves and drop separately in salted boiling water and cook a few
minutes until limp. Cook all leaves then let drain. Trim leaves of
heavy stems. Reserve stems and put in bottom of saucepan. On each
leaf place 1 heaping tbsp. of filling and roll firmly. Place cabbage
rolls neatly in rows making several layers. Place garlic buds among
leaves as you roll. Add 1 cup tomatoes and enough hot water to cover
rolls. Sprinkle 1/2 tsp. salt over all. Cook 45 minutes to 1 hour.
During last 15 minutes of cooking, add the juice of 2 lemons.