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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Rest Middle Eastern

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. drain and rinse grape leaves well until water runs clear. | 2. remove the stems. | 3. add 1/2 the oil to a large pot with a well fitting lid and spread around the bottom. | 4. mix minced onion, remaining oil, meat, rice, molasses, allspice, 2 tsp garlic, salt, black pepper, and half of tomato paste in a large bowl. | 5. Mix water, lemon juice, remaining tomato paste, and tablespoon of garlic in seperate bowl. | 6. lay one layer of onion rings and tomato slices in pot. | 7. lay one grape leaf vein side up with the top of the leaf pointing away from you, place about 2 tsp of filling at the bottom of the leaf (make it kind of like an oval). Turn the leaf up one turn away from you (rolling the leaf around the filling). Fold the sides in, and roll the leaf up to the top. Place the leaf seam side down in the pot. | 8. Continue rolling remainging leaves and packing them tightly in the pot. | 9. When you have made one layer, sprinkle the layer with some of the sauce. | 10. Place a layer of onion rings and tomato slices, then another layer of grape leaves, with sauce on the top. Continue until all the leaves have been filled. | 11. Make sure you have enough liquid to cover the leaves in the pot (you may need to add just a little more water). | 12. Put a heavy heat proof plate on the top of the leaves, cover pot, and bring to simmer for 50-60 minutes. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grape leaf	1	jar		-	-	-	-
onion	1		minced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
olive oil	4	tablespoons	divided	477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
beef	1 1/2		ground	1347.1709	0.0	132.1316	86.6136
rice	1	cup		678.95	141.0625	13.949000000000002	5.92
pomegranate molasses	3	tablespoons		-	-	-	-
allspice	1/2	teaspoon		2.4985	0.6851	0.0579	0.0826
garlic	2	teaspoons	minced	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
garlic	1	tablespoon	minced	8.344	1.8514	0.3562	0.027999999999999997
salt	1	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
black pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
water	1 1/4	1/4		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
lemon juice	1/4	cup		13.42	4.209	0.2135	0.1464
tomato paste	1		divided	13.12	3.0256	0.6912	0.0752
onion	1		sliced	60.0	14.01	1.65	0.15
tomato	2		sliced	44.28	9.5694	2.1648	0.49200000000000005

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