Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat
Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat

Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, stuffed grape leaves with rice and meat. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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Stuffed Grape Leaves are popular in several Mediterranean countries and in the Middle East. It has different names depending on the region. The Greek call it dolmathes and the Egyptian and the Lebanese call it Mahshi Wara' inab.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook stuffed grape leaves with rice and meat using 18 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat:
  1. Take leaves grape
  2. Make ready 1 step
  3. Prepare 1 cup rice
  4. Make ready 1/2 cup tomato minced
  5. Take 1/2 cup onion minced
  6. Get bunch parsley
  7. Prepare 1 cup ground beef/chicken (optional)
  8. Take to taste salt and pepper
  9. Take 1/2 cup olive oil
  10. Make ready 3 step
  11. Get 2 cups water
  12. Make ready 1 maggie cube
  13. Take 1/2 teaspoon chilli powder or more if desired
  14. Take 1 cup lemon juice or more if desired
  15. Get 2 step
  16. Get 1-2 potatoes sliced
  17. Take 1 tomatoe sliced
  18. Prepare meat ribs (optional)

My mom's stuffed grape leaves recipe aka "yaprak" in Turkish is super simple and incredibly flavorful. Gently open up a grape leaf, and place rib-side down onto your work surface. In this recipe, grape leaves are stuffed with a tasty meat and rice mixture, seasoned with warm spices (allspice and cumin) and loaded with fresh herbs in the form of parsley, dill and mint. Then, once stuffed, the grape leaves are cooked in a tasty lemony broth.

Instructions to make Stuffed Grape Leaves with Rice and Meat:
  1. Wash rice and drain. Combined all ingredients in step 1.
  2. Prepare the pot. Arrange slices tomatoes and potatoes on the pot. If wished to add spareribs for more taste, then it's the time. but it will do without meat
  3. Stuffing: Get 1 leaf and lay flat on a saucer or plate, scope rice mixture on the middle of the leaf and arrange.
  4. Fold the side of the leaf. Then forld the upper part of the leaf then roll to make a log.
  5. Arrange each log of stuffed leaf on top of potatoes and tomatoes on the pot. (I used potatoes only coz my daugther don' t like tomatoes.. but i did put in rice mixture šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚šŸ˜‚) Repeat until all rice mixture is consumed.
  6. Step 3 Dissolve maggie cube with water. Then pour on your pre arranged stuffed grape leaves. (If rice need more water you can add more). Put lemon juice also (if you wish to have a sour taste you can add mor). Salt to taste. Pepper powder if u want it little hot or more. Cover. And let boil for 2 to 3 minutes on high fire. Continue cooking on low fire until rice is cooked.. but make sure it's low enough to not burn the bottom of the pot.

These grape leaves are stuffed with rice, meat, and herbs and then baked in a light tomato sauce. This dish is light, aromatic, and very delicious. Traditionally, it is made vegetarian with just rice and herbs and commonly served in Northern Greece. Perfect for a family dinner and elegant enough for a party. Rinse well in cold water to wash away any brine.

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