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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. For the filling, mix together a fresh collection of rinsed but raw rice, tomatoes, green onion, mint, parsley, olive oil, salt and pepper. | 2. Most recipes have you cook the rice ahead of time, but I found some that use raw rice and I love how it eliminates several steps and dirty dishes. | 3. Now all you need to do is wiggle those stubborn grape leaves out of the jar and begin wrapping them up. | 4. To do so, place leaf backside up and place a small spoonful of filling by the stem end. | 5. Begin to roll the leaf from the stem end. After about one roll, fold in the left and right sides. | 6. Continue rolling. You don’t need to make them super tight because the rice needs room to expand as it absorbs the liquid. | 7. Add potato slices to bottom of pot. | 8. Add the grape leaves. Stack them tightly together, making one neat layer on top of another. | 9. Next, top with tomato slices. | 10. Pour on the olive oil and any juices at the bottom of the bowl that held the rice. | 11. Cover with a plate to keep the grape leaves from floating and unrolling, then top off with a lid. | 12. Simmer gently for about one hour. | 13. This will allow the potatoes at the bottom of the pot to get a nice crust. | 14. Add the lemon juice and cook an additional hour (or to taste).You are looking for the rice to be tender inside of the grape leaves. Cut one open to check. | 15. I’ve seen several recipes that cook them for upwards of three hours, so don’t despair if yours needs longer. | 16. Arrange them on a plate. | 17. Pile some of the lemony potatoes in the center. | 18. Garnish with the cooked and sliced tomatoes, as well as a few olives. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
grape leaf	40 -50			-	-	-	-
rice	1 1/2	1/2		1018.425	211.5938	20.9235	8.88
tomato	2		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
green onion	5		chopped	95.85	20.377	3.4435	1.6685
parsley	1/2	cup	chopped	10.8	1.899	0.8909999999999999	0.237
mint	2	tablespoons	chopped	5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832
olive oil	1/2	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
potato	2		sliced	-	-	-	-
tomato	2 -3		chopped	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
olive oil	3/4	cup		954.72	0.0	0.0	108.0
lemon juice	3/4	cup		40.26	12.627	0.6405	0.4392
salt pepper				-	-	-	-
olive				-	-	-	-
tomato			sliced	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

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