Malfuf
Stuffed cabbage rolls
Stuffed cabbage rolls, lajana or malfuf, are one of those family recipes from our parents and siblings, made with love and care.
Special ingredients: Lemon salt Amazon, Allspice Amazon, Grape leaves Amazon, Dried mint Amazon
Video in Spanish on my YouTube channel.
Ingredients
As I list them in the video description.
Filling
- 2 medium cabbages, preferably light ones
- ½ kg ground beef
- 225 g rice
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- ½ cup oil
- 2 tbsp margarine
- ½ tsp allspice
- Salt to taste
For cooking
- 2 tbsp mint
- 1 tbsp citric acid (lemon salt)
- 2 heads of garlic, peeled and crushed
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- Salt to taste
- Water as needed
- A stone and a plate that fits inside the pot
How it's made, in short
- Core the cabbage and blanch it in salted water to loosen the leaves.
- Remove the tough rib from each leaf.
- Mix the meat with the rice, oil, margarine, tomato paste, allspice and salt; loosen with a little water.
- Fill and roll the leaves, and arrange them in layers in the pot.
- Add the cooking ingredients and water, cover with a plate and a stone, and cook on very low heat for 45 minutes to an hour.
Watch the video to see every step.



