Sauce for cabbage rolls

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 20 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make tomato sauce for cabbage rolls with sour cream? Prepare the necessary ingredients for this. Choose medium-sized onions and carrots. Sour cream can be of any fat content. The higher the fat content, the tastier and thicker the finished sauce.

2. STEP 2

   

   Peel the onions and carrots and rinse them to remove dirt. Chop the onion and grate the carrots on a coarse grater.

3. STEP 3

   

   Heat a frying pan until hot and pour a little vegetable oil on it. Add the prepared vegetables and fry them for 3-4 minutes, stirring so that they do not start to burn. During this time, the onions and carrots will become softer.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add tomato paste and chopped garlic to the pan. You can simply chop it finely with a knife or pass it through a press. Fry for a couple more minutes.

5. STEP 5

   

   Then add sour cream. Add salt and spices to taste. For spices I use ground pepper and dried basil. Mix all ingredients with sour cream.

6. STEP 6

   

   Pour hot water into the pan and add chopped herbs. Mix thoroughly. Bring to a boil. At this point the sauce is ready!

7. STEP 7

   

   Place the cabbage rolls in the tomato sauce, cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 30 minutes.

8. STEP 8

   

   Stuffed cabbage rolls cooked in this tomato sauce are very juicy, aromatic and tasty. The sauce goes with any side dish. Enjoy your meal!

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

06.11.2023

4.6

I used the recipe for cabbage rolls sauce to stew these same cabbage rolls). The recipe is simple and straightforward. I like the combination of sour cream and tomato. I tried to chop the onion as finely as possible so that my daughter wouldn’t notice it. And I grated the carrots on a coarse grater. Fry carrots until soft. My tomato paste is frozen, so I put it in a frying pan along with water. And then sour cream. To prevent the sour cream from curdling, first dilute it with warm water and then add it into the sauce in portions. At the same time, she constantly stirred the contents of the pan. Added garlic, salt, dried dill and paprika. I simmered the sauce for about five minutes. And then she poured the cabbage rolls over them and stewed them. The sauce was textured thanks to the vegetables and tender due to the addition of sour cream. Tomato gives the desired consistency, as well as a pleasant sourness. Stuffed cabbage rolls became very tasty after stewing in this sauce! Thanks for the recipe!