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Lentil and Rice Cabbage Rolls

Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Cypriot, Polish

Materials

  • 1 1/4 cup dried green lentils or 3 1/2 cup canned rinsed and drained
  • 1 medium savoy green cabbage
  • 1 large onion finely diced
  • 1 cup short grain white rice uncooked
  • 1 cup Italian flat leaf parsley finely chopped
  • 2 tbsp dried mint or dried oregano or dried basil whatever you have
  • 580 mL Chef Devan's Bombay Tomato Soup or tomato soup
  • 5 tbsp olive oil
  • juice of one large lemon
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
  • 2 1/2 cup vegetable stock

Instructions

  • Place dried lentils in a large bowl and cover with hot water and let soak overnight!
  • Preheat oven to 350F.
  • Bring a large pot filled with water 3/4 way up to a boil. wash and trim the end of the cabbage just enough to keep the cabbage in-tack. Place cabbage in boiling water and boil until soft, about 10 -12 minutes. Remove and rinse with cold water to cool off, Carefully remove cabbage layers. There should be about 15-16 layers that you will be stuffing. Save 5 or 6 of the remaining smaller layers and finely chop the remaining small heart of the cabbage.
  • Drain lentils and place back in bowl. Add chopped onions, rice, parsley, dried herb you are using, half of the Bombay tomato soup, 3 tbsp olive oil, 1/2 of lemon juice, chopped cabbage, salt and pepper, mix well.
  • Cut the thick part of the cabbage leaves before you start rolling them. Take a paring knife and cut a V-shape out of the bottom of each leaf to remove the tough rib.
  • Lay each cabbage leaf on a flat surface.
  • Add about 1/3 cup (a little more for the large leaves) of the lentil mixture into a log shape and place in the centre of a cabbage leaf. Roll the cabbage leaf around the lentil mixture. Repeat with remaining mixture and cabbage leaves and place the cabbage rolls seam side down in the baking dish. I used an 10' inch round dish but a 9x13 baking dish works as well.
  • Drizzle rolls with remaining 2 tbsp of oil and remaining lemon juice. Pour the vegetable stock and the remaining soup over the cabbage rolls. Lay the extra leaves of cabbage on top of the rolls.
  • Cover with foil and cook for 1 hour.
  • Turn off oven and let stand covered in oven for 15 minutes for them to absorb some of their liquid.