Stuffed cabbage leaves

Stuffed cabbage is a dish popular both in Russian and Ukrainian cuisine. It is a meat or vegetable mince wrapped in separated and pre-boiled cabbage leaves. Stuffed cabbage leaves are perhaps the most favorite and popular dish on all tables of the country, since it is not necessary to wrap minced meat in each leaflet. Preparation of this dish does not take much time and effort, and the most important is that it is wonderful to taste and meltdown with him can any housewife.

Cabbage lazy can be prepared without meat - an excellent option for vegetarians. But, despite this, lazy cabbage rolls are not inferior to the taste of ordinary cabbage rolls. Lazy cabbage rolls with rice and minced meat is, perhaps, the most simple dish for those women who simply do not have enough time to stay in the kitchen for a long time.

Every housewife prepares lazy cabbage rolls in their own way, but the principle is the same: all the products necessary for preparation of cabbage rolls are crushed and mixed. If you do not know how to make lazy cabbage rolls, read on and surprise your people with their culinary masterpieces!

In order to cook this dish, you will need to buy cabbage, minced pork, several eggs, rice, salt, tomato paste, onion, pepper and vegetable oil for roasting. Before you start cooking, you need to finely chop the cabbage, cut the onions. Then mix the cabbage with onions and fry in a frying pan for about 5-10 minutes. After roasting always leave to cool. Cook rice, cool. Then mix the rice with cabbage, onions, eggs, add salt and pepper to taste and mix thoroughly. Then you need to form minced meat in the form of cutlets, roll in flour on both sides and fry them in vegetable oil until a beautiful and mouth-watering golden crust on both sides. When you see such a crust, add a little tomato paste into the frying pan and fill the cabbage rolls with water until half. Stew the cabbage rolls over a low heat until it is ready. You can serve it with sour cream.

This dish can also be cooked in the oven. These are real home-made cabbage, which will have a special taste and aroma! The process of cooking in the oven is almost the same as the usual way of cooking. In order to prepare such a dish you will need to buy the same ingredients. Then you should do all the same steps. But after you have made cutlets, you need to put them on a pre-oiled baking sheet and put in the oven. Bake at a temperature of 200-230 ° C for 20 minutes, after taking the cabbage rolls, grease them with sour cream and bake until cooked, reducing the heat to 170 ° C. You can serve cabbage rolls with fresh vegetables.

As previously mentioned, cabbage lazy can also go to vegetarians. The way of preparing this dish is almost the same as the previous ones. Just do not put minced meat. Cabbage, onions, carrots, rice are the obligatory ingredients of lazy vegetarian cabbage rolls. If desired, you can add other products - there's a lot that depends on personal preferences and tastes. For example, a recipe with mushrooms is popular. In cooking, you can use white mushrooms or champignons. Finely chopped, they are added to mince, and then the dish is prepared according to a traditional recipe.

It is very tasty to eat cabbage lazy with mushrooms, watering them with a gentle sauce: sour cream and melted butter mix and simmer, stirring constantly. Salt, pepper, add a few chopped mushrooms and a little milk (if the sauce thickens), stew for fifteen minutes, then pour the finished dish.

Lazy cabbage rolls are a very tasty dish that is prepared easily and does not take a lot of time. If you bring it to the dinner table, the loved ones will no doubt be satisfied. Bon Appetit!