Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves

Vegetarian Stuffed Grape leaves is a popular Middle Eastern recipe that’s made with short grain rice and vegetables rolled in a brined grape leaves, lemony and delicious. Vegetarian stuffed grape leaves served in most Lebanese restaurants as a cold appetizer. Vegetarian Stuffed grape leaves can be served hot or cold and can be made or prepared ahead of time. There is lots of different ways of making grape leaves some with meat and some with out but all ways so delicious.

Ingredients:
2 cups short grain rice (calrose rice)
1 jar grape leaves or you can use frozen grape leave or fresh
2 large tomatoes
1 cup chopped parsley
1 large onion
3 minced garlic

Rice spices :
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 tsp 7 spice
1 tbsp dried mint

Liquid for cooking :
Liquid from the rice
Water enough to cover
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
1 tsp salt

For topping and bottom:
Potato slices
Carrot slices
Grape leaves to cover the top

✨Instructions✨
1: wash and soak rice for at least for 30 minutes
2: while the rice soaking chop parsley and onion and dice tomato.
3: cook the grape leaves in hot water till the color changes for around 2 minutes.

4: take out and wash with cold water or drop in cold water.
5: mix together salt, pepper, dried mint, 7 spice, lemon juice, olive oil and pomegranate molasses
6: mix rice with vegetables and all the spices we mixed

7: start placing the grape leave flat then add about i tbsp of filling to each leave close both sides then roll tight

8: add potato’s and carrot in the bottom of the pot then layer the rolled grape leaves

9: cover the top with the left over grape leaves then add the liquid that came out the rice with more water, salt, pomegranate molasses, oil and lemon juice.
10: the liquid should be the same lever as the grape leaves.
11: add something heavy on top heat resistance safe and when start bubbling lower to minimum cover and let cook for at least 2 hours.

Enjoy!
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