Stuffed cabbage rolls with buckwheat

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make cabbage rolls with buckwheat? Prepare the necessary ingredients. My head of cabbage was small, weighing 1 kg. It was only enough for half of the resulting filling. So it’s better to take a larger head of cabbage. You may need more or less water depending on the number of cabbage rolls you get and the size of the pan.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the buckwheat and place in a colander so that the water drains from it and it dries a little. Heat the buckwheat in a dry frying pan over medium heat, stirring constantly, for 5 minutes. Thanks to this, the taste of buckwheat will become richer.

3. STEP 3

   

   Pour the buckwheat into a saucepan, add water (at the rate of 2 cups of water per 1 cup of buckwheat) and place on low heat. After boiling, add salt to taste, reduce heat to low, cover the pan with a lid (you can leave it slightly open) and cook the buckwheat for 10-12 minutes.

4. STEP 4

   

   Wash and peel the carrots and onions. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and cut the onion into cubes. Peel the garlic and finely chop it or pass it through a press.

5. STEP 5

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a thick-bottomed frying pan and fry vegetables in it for 1.5-2 minutes over medium heat.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place the fried vegetables in a saucepan with the buckwheat, add pepper and salt if necessary. At this stage, you can add other favorite spices to the filling. Mix everything.

7. STEP 7

   

   Wash the head of cabbage, remove the top leaves, they are usually spoiled or wilted. Disassemble the cabbage into leaves. You can use a microwave to make the process easier. To do this, make cuts around the stalk, put the head of cabbage in a bag (or wrap it in cling film) and put it in the microwave. Turn on the microwave for 10-15 minutes at maximum power (I have 1000 W). The cabbage leaves will become soft and easily separate from the head.

8. STEP 8

   

   The hard part at the base of the leaf can be cut out or beaten with a hammer. Place the filling on the cabbage leaf. The amount of filling depends on the size of the sheet itself.

9. STEP 9

   

   Fold the cabbage leaf into an envelope.

10. STEP 10

    

    Place the resulting envelopes in a deep frying pan or saucepan. I stewed the cabbage rolls in the same pan in which I fried the vegetables.

11. STEP 11

    

    Dissolve tomato paste in warm water, add salt and, if desired, other favorite spices. Pour the mixture over the cabbage rolls. You may need more or less water depending on the size of your pot or pan. The cabbage rolls should be almost completely covered with water. 1 liter of water was enough for 11 cabbage rolls. The diameter of my frying pan is 26 cm.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place the frying pan or saucepan over high heat, bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low, cover with a lid and simmer the cabbage rolls for 15-20 minutes. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Maystin

07.09.2023

4.8

Today I made cabbage rolls with buckwheat! This is a very unusual recipe for me, so I decided to try it. I prepared the buckwheat, fried it and mixed them. I didn't add garlic. I boiled the cabbage leaves until soft and rolled them into envelopes with the prepared filling. For each cabbage roll I took a tablespoon of buckwheat. I put everything in a saucepan, filled it with water, added homemade tomatoes, salt and put it on the fire. Cabbage and buckwheat in this recipe complement each other very well! I really liked it! Thanks for the wonderful recipe!

jakalka

07.09.2023

5

Good afternoon Ksyunya!! I made this on Tuesday, pretty nice. respect! I’m adding a culinary recipe to the cookbook!! Ksyunya, with great gratitude!!!

Elena Belashova

07.09.2023

4.8

I, too, have had my eye on this recipe for a long time. Today I was going to implement it!!! So simple))) I love buckwheat. I made vegetarian cabbage rolls only with rice. Photo from me)))) ***again the emoticons don’t work(((you’ll just have to “clap your hands” in words...

Elena Belashova

07.09.2023

4.8

Today we are preparing and photographing quickly. We prepared for a little over an hour. The sample has already been taken!!! Honestly, the recipe seemed simple to me, but!!!! It turned out very tasty. It’s completely different from regular buckwheat porridge with cabbage. I tried it with soy mayonnaise, I was absolutely delighted! It’s not even quite cute, as jakalka wrote, but just VERY cute and tasty))) True, true))) I went too far with the photos)))

fialka

07.09.2023

4.7

Oh how unusual! I’ve never eaten cabbage rolls with buckwheat! Very interested! And the photos are amazingly delicious!

Ksyunya•♫•

07.09.2023

4.8

Thank you, Elena! Very detailed photo stage!

Roo

07.09.2023

4.5

The recipe surprised me with its unusual combination of ingredients. I probably would have passed by, but something caught my eye and I decided to cook it. The result exceeded all expectations! Honestly, I didn’t expect it to turn out to be such a delicate yummy. Thank you very much for the recipe, now I will be happy to cook these cabbage rolls.