Lebanese cabbage rolls

1 Servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 large Head cabbage
1 pounds Coarsely ground beef
1 cup Rice
2 teaspoons Salt
Juice of 2 lemons
¼ teaspoon M.S.G.
½ teaspoon Allspice
3 Cloves garlic
2 cups Canned tomatoes or 1 can
Tomato
Paste

Directions

Preparation : Wash rice and drain. Add meat and 1 cup tomatoes or ½ 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 ½ tsp. salt over all.

Cook 45 minutes to 1 hour. During last 15 minutes of cooking, add the juice of 2 lemons.

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