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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  European >> Greek >> Greek

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Saute onions in ½ cup olive oil until translucent. | 2. Wash and drain rice well and add to onion along with 1 cup of water. | 3. Cook for 10 minutes. | 4. Add herbs, pine nuts, currants and salt and white pepper to taste. | 5. Set aside to cool. | 6. Prep leaves by rinsing well under running water and blanch in boiling water for 2-3 minutes. | 7. Cut off any tough stems by cutting a V around the stem, and discarding stem. | 8. Place 1 leaf on flat surface, shiny side down, add 1 teaspoon of filling and roll LOOSELY (as for a tiny eggroll, tucking in sides first and then rolling up), as rice will expand during cooking. | 9. Place seam side down on bottom of large saucepan which has been covered with a layer of thicker grape leaves (rejects from your jar – they may be very thick, therefore, not tender or torn and not suitable for being used as a wrapper- these protect the dolmathes from scorching). | 10. Repeat each grape leaf in same manner until all are used, packing them in tight- one next to the other- seam side down. | 11. Add 1 1/2- 2 cups water, dash salt, 3/4 cup olive oil and the juice of 1 lemon (enough liquid to just cover the dolmathes). | 12. Cover with a heavy plate to keep dolmathes immersed in liquid, and simmer for 45 minutes, or until rice is cooked. | 13. Serve cold or at room temperature as a'meze'. | 14. Nice served with a squeeze of lemon and/or a dollop of greek yogurt on top. | 15. For Vegan option omit the yogurt. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grape leaf	1	jar		-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
onion	2		chopped	120.0	28.02	3.3	0.3
green onion	4		chopped	76.68	16.3016	2.7548	1.3348
rice	1 1/2	1/2	long-grained converted	1018.425	211.5938	20.9235	8.88
water	1	cup		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
spearmint	2	tablespoons	chopped crumbled	5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832
dill	3	tablespoons	chopped	60.39	10.9237	3.1639999999999997	2.8789
pine nut	1/3	cup	toasted	302.85	5.886	6.1605	30.7665
currant	1/3	cup		23.52	5.7419	0.5227	0.1531
water	1 1/2 - 2	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	3/4	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
lemon	1			1.2808	0.4116	0.0486	0.0132
lemon juice				-	-	-	-
greek yogurt				-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.