Vegetarian Sarmale (Romanian Cabbage Rolls) Recipe

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Vegetarian Sarmale (Romanian Cabbage Rolls)
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  1. Filling: Chop 4 of the onions and grate one of the carrots. Saute them for a couple of minutes with about 2 Tbsp oil. Add the rice and continue to saute them for 10 minutes add a little water, but only a small amount to keep it from sticking.
  2. Add the tomato paste, the walnuts, and the granulated gluten. Season it with salt, pepper, a dash of soy sauce, and other seasonings you may want. Heat for a minute or two and then turn off the stove and let cool down a little.
  3. Remove the hard core of the cabbage. Ceave the cabbage in a bowl/pot with hot water and salt for 5-10 minutes (until the leaves can be removed easily, but it shouldn not stay too long because the leaves will be easily broken).
  4. Drain the cabbage and wait for it to cool off until you can work with it. Remove the spine from each leaf (leaving two halves with each leaf about the size of your hand). From the cabbage around 20 medium leaves should result. Some leaves may rip, but don't use those to add filling to, instead set aside.
  5. Chop the remaining onion and carrot, and the extra cabbage leaves that had been set aside because they had torn. Saute them in a large pot with a little oil. Add the tomato sauce and mix well. Put 2-3 bay leaves over this mixture. Turn off the heat and set aside (this is not the filling, but where the cabbage rolls will later be placed).
  6. On every cabbage leaf place about 1 Tbsp of filling (the first mixture sauteed and put aside from direction steps 1 and 2) and roll. Roll by folding one of the width sides over the filling and then roll the length of it. One side should be still open, stuff that side inside with your finger to close. If there is too much filling to stuff the opened side inside then you can remove a little bit of the filling.
  7. In the large pot with the other sauteed vegetables lay down the cabbage rolls in a circle. Don't have them touching the sides of the pot. Put the heart of the cabbage or more chopped cabbage in the center of the pot with the cabbage rolls around it. The cabbage in the middle is there to keep the cabbage rolls in place while boiling. Once a circle has been made in the pot you can put more cabbage rolls on top of the last ones making another circle, etc.
  8. Boil enough water in another pot to cover the cabbage rolls. Add the lemon juice to the water if you want to add a little sour taste to them. Add the boiling water and lemon juice to the pot with the samales and make sure the samales are covered by the water. Place a large soup plate over them that covers them all and keeps them in place in the pot.
  9. Cook them on a low flame for 1 1/2 hours to 2 hours and add water if necessary.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 169.23 Kcal (709 kJ)
Calories from fat 33.18 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 3.69g 6%
Sodium 114.41mg 5%
Potassium 409.7mg 9%
Total Carbs 23.17g 8%
Sugars 6.21g 25%
Dietary Fiber 4.69g 19%
Protein 12.46g 25%
Vitamin C 39.2mg 65%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 2%
Iron 1.6mg 9%
Calcium 70.9mg 7%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 99.27 Kcal (416 kJ)
Calories from fat 19.46 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 2.16g 6%
Sodium 67.11mg 5%
Potassium 240.32mg 9%
Total Carbs 13.59g 8%
Sugars 3.64g 25%
Dietary Fiber 2.75g 19%
Protein 7.31g 25%
Vitamin C 23mg 65%
Iron 1mg 9%
Calcium 41.6mg 7%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 2.9
    Points
  • 4
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • low fat,
  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • cholesterol free,
  • good source of fiber

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