Recipe: Tasty Голубцы - Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls

Голубцы - Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls. Prepare a pot to put the cabbage rolls in. Add the small little center leaves from the cabbage and step pieces (that you cut of the leaves) on the bottom of the pot and add half a cup of water. (this will keep your cabbage rolls from burning on the bottom) Stuff the cabbage leaves with the stuffing and roll it up. Galuptsi are stuffed Russian cabbage rolls.

Every Eastern European country has their own way of making stuffed cabbage. These super easy cabbage rolls shouldn't disappoint! The Polish call them "Gulumpki" and the Russians call them "Golubtsi." So many different variations but it all comes together with ground meat, rice and any tomato base! You can cook Голубцы - Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls using 16 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Голубцы - Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls

1. It's 2 cup of Cooked Rice.
2. Prepare 1 of Small Cabbage.
3. You need 1 of 8oz pack Mushrooms.
4. Prepare 1/2 of Eggplant (or 1 small one).
5. Prepare 1 of Large Onion.
6. You need 2 of Carrots.
7. Prepare 1 cup of Ricotta Cheese.
8. It's 1/2 cup of Shredded Cheese.
9. Prepare of Salt / Pepper.
10. It's 3 of Little Allspice Balls.
11. Prepare 2 of Bay Leaf.
12. Prepare of Tomato Sauce.
13. Prepare 1 of 6oz Tomato Paste.
14. It's 2 cup of Milk.
15. You need 1/2 cup of Ricotta Cheese.
16. It's 1 of Salt and Sugar to Taste.

Starting at an unfolded edge, roll to completely enclose filling. Place cabbage rolls in dish; spoon remaining sauce over top. These are quite different from the large, meat-heavy cabbage rolls that are most familiar to us here in the States. These cabbage rolls are prepared Mediterranean-style with a tasty vegetarian rice filling with tomatoes, onions, fresh herbs and spices.

Голубцы - Vegetarian Cabbage Rolls instructions

1. Prepare the rice and set to cool 🍚.
2. Remove the core from the cabbage and set to boil.
3. As it boils remove the leaves one by one with 2 forks (Try not to rip them and be CAREFUL the water will be HOT 👉🔥💦).
4. Mince onion and use a little oil on skillet and fry it up till it's clear (mix constantly on high heat) Set aside to cool.
5. Use the cheese grater on the carrots, use some oil and fry it up (mix constantly on high heat) Tip add a little butter to make it amazing 😆 set aside to cool.
6. Mince the eggplant and mushrooms put in large bowl.
7. Add Ricotta, shredded cheese, onion, rice, and 80% of the carrots in the bowl with the mushrooms and eggplant. Salt and Pepper it up. Mix it good now 😋.
8. Remove the bulging part of the steam off the cabbage leaves. Make sure not to make holes in the leaves..
9. Prepare a pot to put the cabbage rolls in. Add the small little center leaves from the cabbage and step pieces (that you cut of the leaves) on the bottom of the pot and add half a cup of water. (this will keep your cabbage rolls from burning on the bottom).
10. Stuff the cabbage leaves with the stuffing and roll it up. Envelope style 💌.
11. Place the cabbage rolls in pot.
12. Make the tomato sauce. Mix all the tomato sauce ingredients. Salt and add a little sugar 😘.
13. Pour the tomato sauce over the cabbage rolls.
14. Add the leftover carrots, allspice, and bay leaves on top 🍃.
15. Cover with lid, set on high heat till starts boiling. Lower the heat to low to medium and let cook for 40min.
16. Now wash the dishes and clean up. When the cabbage rolls are done take off the stove. Pile them on your plate, add sour cream 💕... or mayo and eat up 😄.

You do not need to heat up the oven, these cabbage rolls are cooked stove-top. Stuffed cabbage rolls are a delicacy in central Europe. Apparently this is also a common dish all over east Europe. Here is a list of names and variations, so basically stuffed cabbage rolls are a European thing. 😉 However, a vegetarian stuffed cabbage rolls recipe is less commonly found. Early in the XX century Ukrainians began to stuff cabbage rolls with the mixture of rice and meat and use tomato juice or paste as a sauce.