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Ingredients

  1. 500 gfresh grape leaves
  2. For stuffing
  3. 1.5 cupsEgyptian Rice
  4. 1 bunchparsely (fresh)
  5. 1/2 bunchMint
  6. 2medium sized tomatoes
  7. 1medium sized onion
  8. 1/4 cuplemon juice
  9. 1 tbspomegranates molasses
  10. 3 tbsolive oil
  11. 1 tspsalt
  12. 1/2 tspred chilli
  13. Water for boiling and cooking (as needed)
  14. For cooking :
  15. 3medium sized potatoes
  16. 3medium sized tomatoes
  17. 1 cuplemon juice
  18. 1/4 cupolive oil
  19. 1 tbspomegranate molasses
  20. 1 tspsalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Pour water and leave it to boil

  2. 2

    Cut out the grein veins from grape leave wash them under running water

  3. 3

    Gradually dip grape leaves in hot water and remove them immediately to keep the texture of grape leaves

  4. 4

    Incase you were using pickled leaves soak them in water for 5 hours to remove the saltness (taking into consideration changing the water every half an hour)

  5. 5

    Wash and drain Egyptian rice

  6. 6

    Wash the stuffing vegetables

  7. 7

    Then chop them all and drain them in a fine filter. after that, add them to the rice

  8. 8

    Add lemon juice and pomegranate molasses, spices and olive oil to the filling then mix them very well

  9. 9

    On a solid board spread the grape leaves and add 1tsp filling on top and wrap starting from sides then cylindrical shape (like sandwish)

  10. 10

    Squeeze well while wrapping so that the rice won't come out during cooking

  11. 11

    Repeat the procedure on all grape leaves

  12. 12

    Wash the potatoes and tomatoes and cut them in circles place them in bottom of cooking pot

  13. 13

    Add the wrapped grape leaves press tightly next to each other in a circular way

  14. 14

    Add lemon juice, pomegranate molasses, salt and olive oil to the remaining filling broth

  15. 15

    Pour water so it covers all the grape leaves

  16. 16

    Squeeze using a thick glass plate

  17. 17

    Cook on a medium heat until it boils

  18. 18

    Reduce the heat and leave it to be cooked

  19. 19

    Remove the pot wait until it cools down

  20. 20

    Flip over in a suitable serving dish

  21. 21

    Note: incase od using the compressed grape leaves add lemon juice and pomegranate molasses on the last minutes before it's totally cooked

  22. 22

    Made by:Tala Odaymat

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