🇸🇾 Syria
Stuffed Cabbage
Syrian mehshi malfouf carries a gentle sweet-sour edge — pomegranate molasses in the pot is the tell of a Damascene hand.
🔪 Prep: 60 min🔥 Cook: 60 min📈 Difficulty: Medium
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Pomegranate molasses and a touch of tamarind in the cooking liquid; the rolls come out darker, rounder in flavor.
Ingredients
- 1 headwhite cabbage
- 300 grice
- 300 gground lamb
- 2 tbsppomegranate molasses
- 1 tbsptamarind paste
- 8 clovesgarlic
- 1 tspseven-spice
- 1 tbspdried mint
Method
- 1
Soften the cabbage leaves in boiling water and remove the ribs.
- 2
Roll the rice-and-meat filling into slim fingers.
- 3
Stack in the pot with garlic; mix water with molasses and tamarind and pour over.
- 4
Simmer gently one hour under a weighting plate.
- 5
Serve warm, scattered with dried mint, laban alongside.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6