Vine Leaves with Meat and Rice

Vine Leaves with Meat and Rice

Ingredients:

250g Vine Leaves

150g Egyptian Rice
200g Low fat minced meat

2 medium onions

1 large red tomato

1 cinnamon stick

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

¼ teaspoon ground black pepper

Salt to taste

Preparation:

Wash the rice. Cut one onion into small pieces and cut the other one into four quarters. Grate half the tomato and cut the other half into slices. To prepare the filling, mix the meat with, rice, the small cut onion,  the grated tomato, ground pepper, ground cinnamon. Use the mix to Fill and Wrap the Vine Leaves In a pot, place the onion quarters, the tomato slices, and the cinnamon stick in the bottom. Then, tie the wrapped leaves in bundles and place them in the pot. Cover with 2 cups of water and put on slow fire  for about 30-40 minutes. Serve hot with plain yogurt. Traditionally this dish is served with stuffed Zucchini as they both use the same filling.

Recipe: Traditional Lebanese Kitchen

Preparation time: 2 hours

Serves: 5 persons.