Every time a holiday approaches, women think about the menu for the festive table. Many people have a question about a hot dish. Each hostess wants to surprise guests with something special and at the same time delicious. Dolma - a traditional oriental dish can become such a "highlight" for a festive table.
It is necessary
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- grape leaves;
- meat;
- bulb onions;
- a tomato;
- parsley
- cilantro and dill;
- rice;
- garlic;
- nutmeg;
- salt
- ground black pepper.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse 40-50 pcs. grape leaves. Do this best in a sink or large bowl, changing the water several times, rather than under running water. This will keep the leaves intact.
Step 2
Pour boiling water into a deep bowl and add fresh grape leaves to it. Keep them there for 3-5 minutes.
Step 3
Drain the water, shake off excess water from the leaves.
Step 4
At each leaf, cut off at the very base of the petioles, and with them the thickenings from the veins.
Step 5
Prepare the minced meat. To do this, twist 500-600 g of pork with beef or lamb (your choice) through a meat grinder.
Step 6
Peel and cut into small pieces 1-2 onions. Fry it a little in vegetable oil. Peel and finely chop 1-2 cloves of garlic.
Step 7
Wash the parsley, dill, and cilantro. You can add some mint if you like. Dry the herbs and chop finely with a knife or tear with your hands.
Step 8
Wash 1 large tomato. Remove the skin from it by pouring boiling water over the vegetable. Cut into small cubes.
Step 9
3-4 tablespoons cook rice until half cooked, or pour boiling water over it for 10-15 minutes.
Step 10
Combine all prepared filling ingredients. Salt. Add black pepper and ¼ tsp. nutmeg. Pour in 1-2 tbsp. cold water. Stir until the mixture is smooth.
Step 11
Place the sheet with the smooth side up. Put very little filling (about one dessert or tablespoon) on a wide part of the grape leaf you have prepared. Lay it out not on the very edge, but so that about 2 cm remains.
Step 12
Fold the edge of the sheet closest to you a little over the minced meat so that it goes a little on the top surface of the filling. Fold the right side of the sheet that has no filling towards the center so that the fold is near the filling. Fold the left side of the sheet in the same way. Then fold the sheet with a "tube" in the direction away from you. Stop when the free edge of the sheet is under the dolma, pressing it to the table. So the sheet will not unfold.
Step 13
Fold the dolma in a single row in a saucepan and simmer with a little water or tomato sauce.
