Yaprak Sarması is another Turkish traditional food. We can serve it in special occasion like Ramazan bayram (Muslim celebration after Ramadhan). But sometime we can just make and serve it on our family dinner table.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of grape leaves (boiled and drained)
- 200 gr ground meat
- 2 1/2 cup of rice. Wash and drained.
- 1 large onion. shredded
- 2 cloves garlic (optional). grated.
- 1 medium-size tomatoes. shredded
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1/2 tablespoon dried mint
- 1 / 4 cup olive oil + 1/4 cup for boil with Sarma.
- 1 tsp "yenibahar" / allspice
- Salt and pepper to taste
How to make:
1. Mix all ingredients for stuffing yaprak sarması (except grape leaves). Test the taste. Prepare the grape leaves well.
2. Put on grape leaf of the above mixture and fold like the picture. Do same way until all filling finish.
3. Arrange yaprak sarması rolls neatly in the pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup olive oil. Cover with heat-resistant plates so it won't move during boiling.
2. Put on grape leaf of the above mixture and fold like the picture. Do same way until all filling finish.
3. Arrange yaprak sarması rolls neatly in the pan. Sprinkle with 1/4 cup olive oil. Cover with heat-resistant plates so it won't move during boiling.
4. Add boiling water, enough to soak yaprak sarması. Close and simmer about 30 min.
See figures picture below
yea you should definetly eat this with youghurt, i like this but i love veggie version more;)
ReplyDeleteOooh, I love stuffed grape leaves. I can't wait to try this!
ReplyDeleteHi Yeşim... I like also w/out minced meat.. but my husband prefer anything with meat :))
ReplyDeleteHelo too "Meemsnyc" :))) Ur name hard for me to spell
ReplyDeleteDid U make this before?? maybe U can share us as well how is ur versio :)
thx