Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, malfouf mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
If you are a fan of stuffed grape leaves or Dolma, you ought try this stuffed cabbage rolls recipe. In Arabic it's called "Malfouf" which has a dual meaning of. This is a healthy, delicious recipe!
Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls is something which I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have malfouf mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls using 8 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls:
- Get 1 big cabbage (~2kg)
- Take 350 g minced beef
- Prepare 1 cup rice
- Take 4 lemons freshly squeezed
- Make ready 3 heads garlic (yes heads not cloves!)
- Make ready 1 teaspoon mixed spices (commonly called Lebanese 7 spices - but you can improvise)
- Make ready 3 tablespoons olive oil
- Prepare to taste Salt
Stuffed cabbage rolls (malfouf or mahshi malfouf) is not only one of these dishes, it is one of the most flavored and delicious options among them all. At least from my taste buds point of view. The Arabic name of cabbage is "malfouf", however this word originally means wrapped up and that. Layer the bottom of the pot with the stems of the cabbage to help ensure that the leaves don't touch the bottom of It will take some time to cook the stuffed cabbage rolls, starting at a medium temperature and the decreasing to a low temperature for a longer period of.
Steps to make Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls:
- Boil the cabbage to soften the leaves and carefully separate the leaves from the core.
- On the side, mix the minced beef with the washed & rinsed rice, spices & salt
- When the leaves are ready, meaning you can roll them gently without them breaking, take them out of the boiling pot. Add the mixture like in the photo and start rolling the cabbage slowly.
- Place the rolls side by side in a pot and in between place the peeled cloves of garlic. Keep going until all cabbage leaves and the meat are used or pot is full ;)
- Fry some garlic with olive oil and a squeeze of 🍋. When they get golden color add them to the pot
- Add the lemon juice to the pot as well and add water until all rolls are covered up. Place a "heavy" plate on the pot, bring them to boil (high temperature)
- Turn the heat down and let them simmer slowly for ~45min or more if needed (cabbage should not be crunchy by then)
- Serve hot. I serve it with plain yogurt (or greek) and a squeeze of lemon.
- Sahtein! Hope you like it!
Sometimes a little time produces a lot of joy. For us, this is a dish of joy. Palestinians are known for their love of stuffing things with rice and meat, and if you are ever so fortunate to find yourself in a Palestinian's home, chances are good that you will be invited to share a meal like this. Put the cabbage head in hot water, the leaves will fall apart. Get it out slowly, and with caution, you don't want the leaves to break.
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