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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
• Processes - Utensils
• Instructions

• Cuisine

  Asian >> Middle Eastern >> Lebanese

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. Using fresh Swiss Chard, place leaves in hot water for 10 minutes to soften for rolling (if the leaves are too large cut in half). | 2. Remove the ribs from the leaf. | 3. Set leaves aside. | 4. Drain chick peas. | 5. Combine the skinned chick peas, half of the lemon juice, and all other ingredients except Swiss Chard and water. | 6. Mix well. | 7. Place a tablespoon of the filling lengthwise on a leaf bringing the edges about 1/2 inch toward the centre and rolling as fingers. | 8. Arrange in saucepan, alternating the direction of each layer. | 9. Add the other 1/2 cup lemon juice and enought water to reach just below the level of the last row. | 10. Bring to boil, then cover and simmer for 45-60 minutes . | 11. All water should have evaporated. | 12. If not, remove lid and simmer for a further 10 minutes. | 13. Place a plate over top of the pan and holding plate and pot securly together, turn upsidedown so all the rolls remain in the same mold on the plate as the pan. | 14. Serve with yogurt. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
swiss chard leaf	40 -50			-	-	-	-
rice	1	cup	washed drained	678.95	141.0625	13.949000000000002	5.92
chickpea	1/2	cup		378.0	62.95	20.47	6.04
vegetable oil	1/2	cup		939.58	0.0	0.0	109.0
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/4	teaspoon		1.4432	0.3677	0.0597	0.0187
green onion	6			115.02	24.4524	4.1322	2.0022
lemon juice	1	cup		53.68	16.836	0.8540000000000001	0.5856
mint	2	tablespoons		5.016	0.9587	0.3751	0.0832
parsley	3/4	cup	chopped	16.2	2.8485	1.3365	0.3555
water				-	-	-	-

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