Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls
Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, malfouf mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook 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:
  1. Make ready 1 big cabbage (~2kg)
  2. Get 350 g minced beef
  3. Prepare 1 cup rice
  4. Prepare 4 lemons freshly squeezed
  5. Make ready 3 heads garlic (yes heads not cloves!)
  6. Take 1 teaspoon mixed spices (commonly called Lebanese 7 spices - but you can improvise)
  7. Get 3 tablespoons olive oil
  8. Get to taste Salt
Steps to make Malfouf Mehcheh - stuffed cabbage rolls:
  1. Boil the cabbage to soften the leaves and carefully separate the leaves from the core.
  2. On the side, mix the minced beef with the washed & rinsed rice, spices & salt
  3. 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.
  4. 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 ;)
  5. Fry some garlic with olive oil and a squeeze of 🍋. When they get golden color add them to the pot
  6. 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)
  7. Turn the heat down and let them simmer slowly for ~45min or more if needed (cabbage should not be crunchy by then)
  8. Serve hot. I serve it with plain yogurt (or greek) and a squeeze of lemon.
  9. Sahtein! Hope you like it!

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