“Serve me cabbage leaves with meat!” – this phrase is heard in one of the oldest works of mankind. Does one of the comedies of the Greek writer Aristophanes mention stuffed cabbage? This is an uncomplicated dish, so there is a possibility that people knew about it from such ancient times.
About stuffed cabbage in addition to Greece knew the whole East. However, there, stuffed cabbage was not prepared from cabbage. Grape leaves were used. The name of such a dish is Dolma. Probably, in Europe, stuffed cabbage was improved. Subsequently, they began to make them with a stuffing at all from minced meat.
There is also a lazy way of cooking stuffed cabbage
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Ingredients for stuffed cabbage:
- Cabbage – 300 g;
- Chicken stuffing – 500 g;
- Rice – 50 g;
- Onion – 1 pc;
- Carrot – 1 pc;
- Egg – 1 pc;
- Sweet paprika – 1 tsp;
- Salt – ½ tsp;
Ingredients for the filling:
- Tomato juice – 250 ml;
- Sour cream – 2 tbsp;
- Water – 100 ml;
- Flour – 1 tbsp;
- Sugar – a pinch;
- Salt – a pinch.
Preparation of lazy stuffed cabbage:
Shinkuem finely cabbage, pour boiling water and leave for 10-15 minutes. At this time, boil the washed rice in salted water for 5-7 minutes.
Cut small diced onions, grate carrots on a coarse grater. In a frying pan in vegetable oil fry first onions, then carrots. Knead
the cabbage, get rid of excess moisture
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In a bowl with cabbage combine boiled rice, fried vegetables, minced meat, egg, sweet paprika and salt.
Grease the pan with vegetable oil, form stuffed cabbage and place on the surface.
In a separate bowl mix tomato juice with sour cream, flour, salt and sugar. Pour water to the filling, stir and pour into the stuffed cabbage.
On minimum heat stew lazy stuffed cabbage under a lid for 30 minutes. Then turn the stuffed cabbage to the other side and stew the same way for 20 minutes.
These stuffed cabbage are cooked quite quickly, you do not need to bother with wrapping the minced meat in the leaves. You can serve the stuffed cabbage with any favorite garnish.
