Turkish Cabbage Dolma

Name: Turkish Cabbage Dolma
Total time: 3600 s
Yield: Serves 6 servings
Ingredients: 4.5 lbs cabbage (about 2 kg); 5 oz ground beef (about 150 grams); 2 cups short-grain rice (about 400 grams); 2 grated tomatoes; 1 tablespoon tomato paste; 1 grated onion; 6 cloves garlic, minced; 2 tablespoons oil; 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 1 tablespoon ground cumin; 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon; 1 teaspoon dried coriander; 1 tablespoon dried mint; 2 cups water (about 480 ml); 1 teaspoon tomato paste; 1 teaspoon paprika; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/4 teaspoon dried mint; 1/4 teaspoon dried coriander; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste; 3 quarts water (about 3 liters); 1 teaspoon ground cumin

Hiba Jamaleddine @Hiba

Lebanon,baalbeck

Turkish-style stuffed cabbage, the third recipe in the Cookpad Around the World challenge. This dish tastes even better when baked in a wood-fired oven. I highly recommend trying it this way—it's absolutely delicious.

Hiba Jamaleddine @Hiba

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Ingredients

1 hour

Serves 6 servings

4.5 lbscabbage (about 2 kg)
Filling ingredients
5 ozground beef (about 150 grams)
2 cupsshort-grain rice (about 400 grams)
2grated tomatoes
1 tablespoontomato paste
1grated onion
6 clovesgarlic, minced
2 tablespoonsoil
1 teaspoonsalt, or to taste
1 tablespoonground cumin
1/2 teaspoonground cinnamon
1 teaspoondried coriander
1 tablespoondried mint
Cooking broth ingredients
2 cupswater (about 480 ml)
1 teaspoontomato paste
1 teaspoonpaprika
1 teaspoonground cumin
1/4 teaspoondried mint
1/4 teaspoondried coriander
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
1/4 teaspoonsalt, or to taste
Cabbage boiling water ingredients
3 quartswater (about 3 liters)
1 teaspoonground cumin

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Steps

1 hour

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Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add the ground cumin. Place the whole cabbage (with the tough core removed) into the boiling water. This will help the leaves soften and separate easily. Remove the leaves one by one as they loosen.
2

Cut away the tough parts from each cabbage leaf and slice each leaf in half.
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Mix all the filling ingredients in a large bowl. Place some filling on each cabbage leaf and roll them up tightly in a spiral shape.
4

Line the bottom of a deep baking dish with some cabbage leaves. Arrange the stuffed cabbage rolls snugly side by side in the dish.
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Sprinkle the spices and pour the cooking broth mixture over the cabbage rolls. Add enough water to cover the rolls completely.
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Cover the dish with parchment paper, then with aluminum foil. Bake in a wood-fired oven or a regular gas oven, if that's what you have, until fully cooked.
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Serve hot and enjoy—it's incredibly delicious.
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