This version of lean lazy cabbage rolls is no longer cooked in portions in the form of cutlets, as in, but in the form of a large casserole. But the ingredients are not mixed all together, but laid out in layers (a layer of minced meat, a layer of rice, a layer of cabbage) and baked with the addition of sauce. And putting cabbage leaves on top and bottom of the casserole makes this dish more like a cabbage roll in appearance, only a big cabbage roll.

Compound:

on the 5-6 servings
form - frying pan Ø 22 cm

• 200 g chopped raw lentils or mung beans
• 220 g boiled rice
• 350 g cabbage
  (150 g for the filling + 200 g for the lining)
• 170 g carrots
  (100 g for minced meat + 70 g for cabbage)
• 1 tsp fresh ginger root
• spices:
  - 0.5 tsp turmeric
  - 0.5-1 tsp. garam masala blends
  - 0.5 tsp (not necessary)
  - 0.5 tsp dry rosemary or thyme
  - 1/3 tsp pepper mix (to taste)
  - 1 tsp dry dill greens (in stewed cabbage)
• salt to taste

• 300 ml water
• 1 st. l. (20 g) tomato paste (to taste)
• 0.5 tsp salt

Recipe for lean lazy cabbage rolls:

1. We prepare the ingredients.

   

   Products

2. As for small ones, you first need to prepare minced meat from pre-soaked mung beans or lentils by chopping the swollen beans with a blender.

   

   Cooking minced meat

3. Also, before you start cooking, you need to boil the rice until half cooked (in salted water).

   

   Boil rice

4. We rub the carrots on a coarse grater.

   

5. We put it in a pan with vegetable oil and sauté for a couple of minutes over low heat. Then add 200 g of minced lentils or mung beans, selected spices, chopped ginger, salt and fry for a couple of minutes on high heat, stirring from time to time.

   

6. This component of the future layer of stuffed cabbage is ready. We spread it in a separate bowl, freeing the pan for the preparation of another layer.

   

   Minced lentil filling

7. Remove the leaves from the cabbage. We choose from them suitable (in size, shape) for laying on the bottom and for the top of the stuffed cabbage.

   

   We disassemble the cabbage into leaves

8. We cut off (without cutting out) thickenings on the selected leaves and lay out half of them in a mold / pan, covering the bottom and walls. So we made "the bottom of a big lazy cabbage roll." The rest of the leaves are set aside for now, they will be needed for the top.

   

   Lay on the bottom of the form

9. We cut the rest of the head of cabbage into not large straws so that it does not stand out much in size in its layer.

   

   Shred the remaining cabbage

10. In the same pan where the minced meat was fried, pour vegetable oil and now continue to cook the cabbage with carrots just as quickly. Salt, sprinkle with dry dill at the end.

    

    Stew with carrots

11. We begin to collect our big lazy cabbage roll. On the cabbage leaves, lay out the first layer of lean minced meat with carrots.

    

    Putting in minced meat

12. Then we make a layer of boiled rice (depending on its thickness, it will either be strongly or not very felt in the finished dish).

    

    We spread the rice

13. Lay the last layer of cabbage with carrots.

    

14. Cover the top with the remaining cabbage leaves. We fill the edges of the upper leaves with the edges of the lower ones so that they do not stick out. The top of the dove was also made.

    

    Cover with leaves

15. We prepare the tomato filling - just dilute the pasta and salt in hot water. Its quantity will be less than for .

    

    Cooking tomato sauce

16. Pour it over the top of the dove.

    

    Pour the lazy pigeon

17. We cover the form with foil (or a lid) and bake in the oven for only 30-40 minutes (the time depends on the height of the stuffed cabbage), setting the temperature to 180-200ºС.

    

    Cover the mold and put it in the oven

18. 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking, remove the lid and check for readiness by piercing in the thickest part of the cabbage leaf (if not closed with thin leaves). If the cabbage is soft everywhere, then put it back in the oven without closing it, so that the light top browns a little (the tomato sauce will also help with this).

    

    Bake in the oven

Finally, our big lean lazy stuffed cabbage is ready. We cut it into portions and serve it as an independent dish, adding some more of our favorite light salad if desired (I had it this time).

step by step recipe with photo

Stuffed cabbage is a vivid example of a harmonious combination of vegetables with cereals. And lazy cabbage rolls are perhaps the only dish that does not interfere with porridge-slurry. In order not to have to add a lot of flour, the rice needs to be well boiled. The blanks will be easier to shape if the vegetables are finely chopped.

The impression of the finished dish is created by mushrooms and, of course, spicy tomato sauce. Proper selection of spices will allow you to cook it for every taste. The indescribable thick aroma of wild mushrooms will turn simple diet cutlets into the category of gourmet snacks that are good cold.

Ingredients

• rice - 1 cup (250 g)
• white cabbage - 300 g
• carrots - 1 pc.
• onion - 1 pc. medium size
• champignons - 4–5 pcs. (150 g)
• tomato paste - 150 g
• boiling water - 1.5 cups
• vegetable oil - 2-3 tbsp. l.
• wheat flour - 2-3 tbsp. l.
• salt to taste
• ground black pepper to taste
• sugar to taste

Cooking

1. Rinse the rice thoroughly under running water. Transfer to a saucepan and cover with boiling water. Take twice as much water as cereals - about 2 cups of boiling water. Send to the fire and boil. Boil after boiling over low heat until tender for 20-25 minutes. The water should boil away completely. If the water has evaporated and the rice grains are not cooked yet, add a little more boiling water. Cool cooked rice to room temperature.

2. Peel the onions and carrots. Grate the carrots on a medium grater, cut the onion into small cubes. Heat up the oil in a frying pan. Add carrot and onion. Saute for 5-8 minutes over moderate heat until the vegetables are soft.

3. Rinse the mushrooms, dry, peel if desired. Cut the caps and legs into small pieces. Add chopped mushrooms to the pan with the rest of the ingredients. Stir and fry for about five minutes.

4. Rinse and dry the cabbage, cut into thin strips, add to the pan, mix. Roast for about 10 minutes to soften the cabbage. Cool the pan with the fried ingredients to room temperature.

5. For pouring, you can take not only tomato paste, but also homemade sauce or ketchup. Move it to a deep container. Add 1-1.5 cups of boiling water, mix until smooth. Add salt, ground black pepper and sugar to taste.

6. Put boiled rice and fried vegetables with mushrooms into a container with filling. Stir.

Rinse the rice well until the water runs clear. Completely pour rice with clean cold water, put on fire, after boiling, reduce heat and boil until half cooked (rice should become soft on top, but still remain raw inside), drain excess water through a colander. Transfer rice to a deep bowl, let it cool.

Peel the carrots and onions, grate the carrots on a medium or large grater, finely chop the onion.

Fry the onions and carrots in a preheated pan in vegetable oil until golden brown, stirring occasionally.

Finely chop the cabbage, add to the pan.

Simmer the vegetables over medium heat, stirring occasionally, for about 5 minutes (until the cabbage is soft), then cool.

Mix the fried vegetables with rice, salt and pepper to taste.

From the minced meat, form round cutlets (this is best done with wet hands). Roll them on all sides in flour. Put lean lazy cabbage rolls in a baking dish.

To prepare the sauce for cabbage rolls, grated peeled carrots and chopped peeled onions, fry in a pan with the addition of vegetable oil, stirring until golden brown, then pour in the tomato juice. Add sugar, a pinch of salt and ground black pepper, simmer the tomato sauce for 5 minutes over low heat.

Pour lean lazy cabbage rolls with cooked tomato sauce.

Cover the form with foil and bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 30-35 minutes.

Delicious lean lazy cabbage rolls are ready.

Serve hot.

Bon appetit!

Lean lazy cabbage rolls according to this recipe can be cooked not only in fasting. This is a delicious high-calorie dish that is great for a family lunch or dinner, and should also appeal to vegetarians and people who, for one reason or another, are on diets. Cooking lean lazy cabbage rolls is quick and easy enough, they will be ready in less than an hour.

Take the groceries from the list. Vegetables need to be washed, dried, peeled.

Rinse rice several times, pour clean cold water, boil until tender.

Finely chop the onion and carrot, fry in a small amount of vegetable oil until golden brown.

Cut the mushrooms into small cubes, add to the vegetables, fry for a couple of minutes.

Finely chop the cabbage, add to the pan, simmer for a few minutes to become soft.

Let the cooked cabbage cool slightly.

Mix vegetables with rice, salt and pepper to taste, mix.

Mix your favorite tomato sauce with water, add a little sugar, salt and pepper to taste, pour into a baking dish.

Lightly moisten your hands with water, form cabbage rolls, put in a mold in tomato sauce. If the cabbage rolls are not molded well, add a little flour. Drizzle the tomato sauce from the mold over the tops of the cabbage rolls so that they are equally beautiful in color. Preheat the oven to 190 degrees, cover the form with foil and put the lean lazy cabbage rolls to bake for 35-40 minutes.