Mehshi

Main Dishes | World cuisine

⏳ Time

2 hours

🥕 Ingredients

🍽️ Servings

Description

In addition to grape leaves, you can also stuff peppers, tomatoes, onions, eggplants, and anything else you love.

Ingredients

Lean Beef - 14.1 oz
Boiled White Round Rice - 3 cups
Tomatoes - 2 pieces
Orange Bell Peppers - 1 piece
Passata Tomato Sauce - 2 tablespoons
Olive Oil - 4 tablespoons
Baharat - 1 teaspoon
Garlic - 3 cloves
Salt - to taste
Ground Black Pepper - to taste
Paprika - to taste
Grated Ginger Root - to taste
Canned Grape Leaves - 3.5 oz
Sumac - 3 tablespoons

Step by Step guide

Step 1

Soak the rice in warm water for 15 minutes.

Step 2

Chop the tomatoes, bell pepper, and garlic in a blender.

Step 3

Rinse the rice and transfer it to a large bowl. Add all the ingredients except for the grape leaves and sumac, and mix everything together.

Step 4

Place the filling on the grape leaves and roll them into thin 'fingers'.

Step 5

I cook in a pressure cooker. If you don't have one, use a regular pot. Arrange the 'fingers' in the pot, cover with water (enough to cover them by about a finger's width), add a little sumac, and place a weight on top. In a pressure cooker, no weight is needed. Cook until done. Under pressure, it takes about 18-20 minutes.

Step 6

In a separate pot with 1 liter of water, boil the sumac. You can season it with lemon if you like it more sour. Bring to a boil and simmer over medium heat for about 15 minutes. Once ready, strain it.

Step 7

When everything is ready, drain the water into a separate bowl and place the dolma on a plate. The drained water can be mixed with the sumac dressing.