🇸🇾 Syria
Yalanji
Aleppo's yalanji adds pomegranate molasses and a whisper of chili to the rice.
🔪 Prep: 60 min🔥 Cook: 60 min📈 Difficulty: Takes love
Cooking for
6 people
✨ What makes it special
Sweet-sour filling with pomegranate molasses, Aleppo pepper, and sometimes tiny currants.
Ingredients
- 300 ggrape leaves
- 250 gshort-grain rice
- 3 tbsppomegranate molasses
- 1 tspAleppo pepper
- 2 tomatoes
- 1 onion, minced
- 2 tbspcurrants (optional)
- 120 mlolive oil
Method
- 1
Soften the onion in oil, then mix with rice, tomato, molasses, pepper, and currants.
- 2
Roll the filling snugly in the leaves.
- 3
Layer, cover with water sharpened with lemon and molasses, and weigh down.
- 4
Simmer low for an hour and serve at room temperature with lemon wedges.
🍽 On your table
How this dish looks served for 6