Vegan Sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves)
Vegan Sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves)

Hey everyone, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, vegan sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves). One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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Cabbage is stuffed with rice, pork and vegetables in these classic cabbage rolls. This recipe is a very traditional Moldovan recipe. All Reviews for Sarmale (Stuffed Cabbage or Vine Leaves).

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook vegan sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves) using 15 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Vegan Sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves):
  1. Take 500 ml tomato sauce
  2. Get 300 g short grained rice
  3. Make ready 1 whole pickled cabbage
  4. Take 1 large onion
  5. Prepare 1 large carrot
  6. Take 500 g mushrooms
  7. Get 100 g dried soy mince
  8. Get 2 tbsp salt
  9. Prepare 1 tbsp coriander
  10. Take 1/2 tbsp black pepper
  11. Get 1 tbsp thyme
  12. Get Freshly chopped dill
  13. Take 2-3 bay leaves
  14. Make ready 1 tbsp sweet paprika
  15. Make ready 1 tbsp sunflower oil

In Romania, they call stuffed cabbage "sarmale". Usually they are filled with ground pork, some sort of bacon product, onion, the odd vegetable (like carrot) A) submerge the head of cabbage in boiling water for half a minute until outer leaves are soft (then remove the soft leaves and repeat procedure). Bursting with flavour, my veganized Romanian sarmale (stuffed cabbage rolls) are easy to make, and packed with goodness. What do you do when you have a garden full of cabbages?

Steps to make Vegan Sarmale (stuffed cabbage leaves):
  1. Rinse the rice and let it soak for 15 minutes.
  2. Cut up the mushrooms, onion, carrot using a food processor.
  3. Add the oil to a pan and sauté the the vegetables for about 10 minutes. Also add thyme, dill, salt, pepper and coriander.
  4. Add the rice and minced soy with about 400ml of water and cook for about 5 minutes. Let it cool while you prepare the cabbage.
  5. Cut out the core of the cabbage and carefully separate the leaves. Rinse the leaves using cold water.
  6. Place some cabbage at the bottom of a pot.
  7. Add 1-2 tbsp of stuffing to each leaf and roll them up making sure to tuck in the sides at the end.
  8. Place the rolls on the bed of cabbage bits in the pot. Add the bay leaf and the paprika on top of the roles and pour the tomato sauce in as well. Make sure to add enough water to cover all the rolls.
  9. Cover the pot and bring to a boil on low heat for 2-3 hours. Make sure you check every so often in case you need to add more water. Here it is important to mention to only add enough water to not burn the rolls through the cooking process.

One of the most popular, traditional Romanian dishes is sarmale. It can be made with fresh or sour cabbage or grape leaves (as is common in Moldova and Bulgaria). Bulgarian stuffed cabbage or sarmi can be made with ground veal, ground pork, rice, onion, and carrots. This is a great Bulgarian vegetarian recipe. Make a sauce in a small bowl by combining yogurt, paprika, and a little sunflower oil, mixing until smooth.

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