These delicious Peking cabbage rolls with rice can compete with the usual stuffed cabbage rolls.
It is necessary
- Serves 4:
- - 250 g of long grain rice;
- - 2 liters of water;
- - 12 sheets of Chinese cabbage;
- - 2 sprigs of basil;
- - 250 g of cucumbers;
- - 10 pitted olives;
- - 80 g feta cheese;
- - 150 g of natural yogurt;
- - juice of 1 lemon;
- - 3 tbsp. l. olive oil;
- - 1 tsp honey;
- - salt.
Instructions
Step 1
Rinse the rice and boil it in 1 liter of salted water until tender, about 20 minutes. Place the rice in a colander, pour into a bowl and cool.
Step 2
In another saucepan, also boil 1 liter of salted water. Cut the coarse veins from the cabbage and blanch it for 1 minute. Use a slotted spoon to remove the leaves and dip them in cold water. Discard the cabbage in a colander.
Step 3
Wash the basil and cut into thin slices. Cut the cucumber in half, remove the seeds with a teaspoon, cut the pulp lengthwise into narrow strips.
Step 4
Finely chop the olives and feta. Mix rice with yogurt and basil.
Step 5
Spread some rice on top of the cabbage leaves, flatten and make indentations in the middle. Spread the cucumber, olives and feta over them. Roll each sheet into a roll.
Step 6
Mix lemon juice with honey, olive oil and salt.
Step 7
Cut the cabbage rolls into slices. Serve with honey and lemon sauce.
