We know the food - cabbage rolls, refers to the dishes of European cuisine. Cabbage rolls are minced meat with rice or other croup, which is wrapped in a grape or cabbage leaf.
The cabbage was widely distributed in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and the Mediterranean countries. The peculiarities of the national cuisine of each state have made their changes in the recipe and preparation of cabbage rolls. For example, large cabbage rolls are preferred by residents of Russia and Ukraine. Some housewives cook cabbage rolls of such size that one stuffed cabbage is enough to eat. Residents of the Mediterranean prefer Turkish dolma - small, with a finger thick stuffed cabbage wrapped in a grape leaf. Different to taste golubtsy can be tried not only in different countries. Each housewife has her own way of cooking cabbage rolls.
Many women who have never cooked this dish, consider it difficult to prepare. In fact, this is not so. Some difficulties can arise only for the first time. With each subsequent time, the process will become simpler and more interesting.
So, the recipe for making cabbage rolls
Consider the classic recipe for stuffed cabbage rolls with meat (or prepared minced meat) and rice. The dish will require the following ingredients:
- minced pork or beef - 500 grams;
- cabbage - 1 kilogram;
- rice - 200 grams;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 medium bulbs;
- tomato paste (3 tablespoons);
- vegetable oil;
- black pepper, salt;
- sugar.
Before you begin to cook cabbage rolls, you need some preparation. With cabbage, you need to remove the leaves, pour them with boiling water and leave for 30 minutes.
The process of cooking cabbage rolls consists of several steps:
1 Step. Finely chop the onions with carrots, fry them in vegetable oil, cool and divide into 2 portions.
Step 2. Rinse rice, add to it minced meat, 1 serving of onions with carrots, salt and pepper. All the future stuffing mix well.
3 Step. Cabbage leaves to pull out of the water, lay out on them stuffing and roll into an envelope.
Step 4. Prepare gravy. In the remaining onions with carrots, add 3 tablespoons of tomato paste, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, salt, pepper. Add 300 ml of water and bring this mixture to a boil.
5 Step. In the cauldron spread 4 cabbage leaves so that the bottom was completely closed. On cabbage leaves tightly lay envelopes with minced meat in several layers. On top, cabbage rolls are filled with gravy and close tightly with a lid. After boiling, we make less fire and cook for an hour.
The dish is ready!
Little secrets of cooking cabbage rolls:
- if you cook cabbage rolls in grape leaves, then the dish is cooked faster and turns more tender;
- in the recipe for stuffed cabbage rolls, rice can be replaced with buckwheat, or any other cereal;
- The best sauce for cabbage rolls is sour cream. In addition to sour cream, cabbage rolls can be served with spicy sauce or mayonnaise;
- as a filling for grape stuffed cabbages you can use vegetables and mushrooms. This version of cabbage rolls is preferred by fans of vegetarian cuisine.
For those who do not have time to prepare full-bodied cabbage rolls, there is a simpler recipe for this dish - lazy cabbage rolls. The way to prepare lazy cabbage rolls is simple: mix finely chopped cabbage with rice and meat stuffing (the recipe above), and form small balls. Balls roll in flour or breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil. A short time cooking lazy cabbage attracts many housewives, as cabbage rolls are a dish that is perfect for a festive table and for a family dinner.