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Yalanji - Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves
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Yalanji - Vegetarian Stuffed Grape Leaves

Yalanji – vegetarian stuffed grape leaves, Turkish style, with rice, mint and lemon

⏱ 1 hr 45 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Middle Eastern👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Meatball mix

  1. 1
    Mix the onion, the parsley, the mint, the cumin, the rice, part of the lemon juice, the olive oil, the salt and the black pepper until evenly combined.

To assemble

  1. 2
    Place a little of the mixture in the center of each leaf, fold in both sides and roll up.
  2. 3
    Line the bottom of the wide pot with a few grape leaves.
    Wide, shallow pot
  3. 4
    Arrange the rolls tightly in a wide pot, seam side down.
    Wide, shallow pot
  4. 5
    Mix the rest of the lemon juice and oil and pour over the rolls.
  5. 6
    Add the water until it covers the rolls completely.
  6. 7
    Set an inverted plate on the rolls so they don't come apart while cooking.
    💡The plate keeps the rolls packed and whole while cooking, so they don't float or open.
  7. 8
    Bring to a boil. Turn down the heat, cover and simmer 50–60 minutes, until the rice is tender.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  8. 9
    Let cool and serve with yogurt.
671calories
10 gprotein
82 gcarbs
32 gfat
● protein 6%● carbs 50%● fat 44%

Per serving (252 g), of 4 servings

For the Meatball mix · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (3) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)

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🧩 Built from…

Meatball mix → Stuffed Leaves

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