A light meal / appetiser that can be enjoyed by those who love their zesty, lemony (sour) dishes. Served with Greek yoghurt is a must!
Submitted by Tania Akary

Middle Eastern Cabbage Rolls
A light meal / appetiser that can be enjoyed by those who love their zesty, lemony (sour) dishes. Served with Greek yoghurt is a must!
Serving: 4
Ingredients
- 1 Whole cabbage
- 500g Beef mince
- 2 cups washed Rice
- 4 cloves Garlic
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
- 1/4 cup Pomegranate molasses (optional)
- 1/4 cup Lemon juice
- 1 cup Water
Instructions
- Put cabbage in boiling water and soften leaves. Approximately 6 minutes
- Brown mince with salt and pepper for flavour
- Mix the prewashed rice with the mince. Add the tinned diced tomatoes (optional)
- A tablespoon of filling onto the cabbage leaf and roll.
- Lay in slow cooker bigger cabbage leaves creating a bedding like layer.
- Put in the rolled leaves and then on top drizzle lemon juice, pomegranate molasses (optional) salt and pepper and sliced garlic on each layer.
- And the top pour in 1/2 a cup of water, cover with cabbage leaves and cook on high 2.5-4 hours.
- Test one roll to see if rice is cooked to see if it's finished.
- Optional: put in oven to make it crispy, otherwise it can still be enjoyed straight from slow cooker.
- Serve with Greek yoghurt or cucumber yoghurt mint garlic sauce. (Add all ingredients to make the sauce)
- Enjoy 🙂
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