Vegetable cabbage rolls with rice without meat

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 15 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make lean and vegetarian vegetable cabbage rolls with rice without meat? Let's prepare all the necessary ingredients for making vegetable cabbage rolls. Take a thick, not large forkful of cabbage with clean leaves. The remaining vegetables should also be without signs of spoilage.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the rice thoroughly until the water is clear. Place the rice in a saucepan, add 1:2 water and place on medium heat. Bring to a boil and cook the rice over medium heat for 5-7 minutes until half cooked. Place it on a sieve, rinse and let the water drain completely.

3. STEP 3

   

   While the rice is standing, let's do the cabbage. Wash the head of cabbage thoroughly and carefully remove 8-9 leaves. Place in a saucepan with water and boil in salted water until soft. This will take approximately 3-4 minutes. If you make a lot of cabbage rolls, then you can go another way. To do this, we put the cabbage in the microwave and cook at the highest power for 5 minutes. Remove the soft leaves and continue to cook in the microwave until all the leaves are removed.

4. STEP 4

   

   Peel the onion, rinse and finely chop. Pour oil into a frying pan and add onion.

5. STEP 5

   

   Peel the carrots, wash them and grate them on a coarse grater. Add to the pan with chopped onions.

6. STEP 6

   

   Wash the bell pepper, remove the stem and seeds, and cut into cubes. Add to the pan with vegetables.

7. STEP 7

   

   Wash the tomato and cut it into large cubes, add it to the frying pan with vegetables. Fry over medium heat for 7-10 minutes. Transfer the vegetables to a bowl.

8. STEP 8

   

   Add rice to the bowl with fried vegetables, salt, pepper and mix.

9. STEP 9

   

   Wash the greens, dry them and chop them finely. Add to the bowl with the future minced meat and mix. You can take any greens you like. I have parsley and dill.

10. STEP 10

    

    Add tomato paste to the minced meat and mix. If desired, tomato paste can be replaced with your favorite ketchup. Taste it and add more salt if necessary.

11. STEP 11

    

    Turn on the oven to warm up to 180 degrees. Cut off the hard part of the cabbage leaves and beat it a little with a kitchen hammer.

12. STEP 12

    

    Place about 2 tablespoons of minced meat on the edge of the leaves, depending on the size of the leaf.

13. STEP 13

    

    Wrap the filling in a cabbage leaf, tucking the edges.

14. STEP 14

    

    Pour water into a bowl, add tomato paste, salt and pepper. Mix everything.

15. STEP 15

    

    Place the cabbage rolls, seam side down, in a baking dish and pour in tomato sauce.

16. STEP 16

    

    Place in a hot oven and cook for 40-50 minutes until done.

17. STEP 17

    

    Remove the cabbage rolls from the oven and serve immediately. Bon appetit.

Comments on the recipe

Natalia M

03.10.2023

4.8

I prepared a light dinner - vegetable cabbage rolls with rice without meat. This is a simple and budget option. I disassembled the head of cabbage using the suggested method: I separated the leaves and boiled them in boiling water. The time depends on the stiffness of the cabbage, it took me about 5 minutes each batch. I used rice “for pilaf”; it turns out both crumbly and juicy. I added it to the fried vegetables along with green onions. I took bell peppers and tomatoes from the freezer. The filling turned out to be tender with a sweetish taste of pepper and carrots. The formed cabbage rolls were placed in a glass dish and poured with tomato sauce. At the end of baking, I poured the remaining sauce over the cabbage rolls for juiciness. By the way, the sauce has become thick and tastes very similar to ketchup! The whole family loved the delicious cabbage rolls!

Anechka

03.10.2023

4.9

It’s very unusual, I’ll tell you, I didn’t even expect that I would like this dish so much, I took note of it, I’ll cook it all the time, and I advise you to watch the video

Redhead

03.10.2023

5

My husband liked it, but I somehow missed the meat)))

kleo

03.10.2023

4.9

I want to share my recipe. everything is the same, only instead of rice with carrots, I add raw potatoes, grated with onions and spices (salt, pepper). it turns out very tasty. real jam!

Galina

03.10.2023

4.6

I also make cabbage rolls without meat, I just add diced zucchini, cheese, or lean ham to the filling. The cheese melts during cooking, mixes with rice and other ingredients and turns out tasty and very tender. My husband, a meat eater, simply adores them.

Lana P

03.10.2023

5

I ate it today – delicious and easy! I am posting photos of the preparation stages.

MarinaRenzhina

03.10.2023

4.6

Already at night I was preparing fragrant cabbage rolls! And immediately sat down to taste it! A few minutes later, two plates appeared on the table... I ate this dish so appetizingly that my husband joined me. The cabbage rolls turned out incredibly tasty. 50 minutes in the oven was not enough for me. The sauce remained liquid and the cabbage rolls were not cooked in appearance. I simmered them on the stove under the lid for about 30 more minutes. That’s when the aroma from childhood began to spread through the kitchen - a delicacy that for some reason was so rarely served at the table. I prepared 6 cabbage rolls, and put some in the freezer. Thanks for the recipe and idea. Despite the fact that I love this dish, I cooked them for the first time in my life. I learned how to prepare cabbage leaves for filling. Now I’m thinking - shouldn’t I make stuffed peppers without meat?