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Stuffed cabbage with lamb

Stuffed cabbage with lamb

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Cabbage leaves filled with ground lamb, rice, chickpeas, and chestnuts, cooked in broth and seasoned with a sweet and sour sauce.

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Recipe from Cekli829, Irada, Araz Yaquboglu (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine ·

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This Azerbaijani recipe involves wrapping a mixture of lamb, rice, chickpeas, and chestnuts in blanched cabbage leaves. The parcels are simmered in a broth, and then finished with a sweet and sour sauce made with vinegar and sugar. Allow approximately two hours for cooking.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time45 min
  • Cook time1 hr 15 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodMijotage
  • Estimated cost$7.57 $1.26 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $3.30
  • $0.06
  • $0.02
  • $0.02
  • $0.51
  • $0.46
  • $0.64
  • $0.01
  • $0.24
  • $0.00
  • $0.06
  • $0.21
  • $2.04

Prices from US supermarkets for 10 of 13 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Cut the lamb and the onion into pieces. ≈ 8 min
  2. Add the ground meat, cooked rice, soaked chickpeas, peeled and finely chopped chestnuts, chopped tomatoes, herbs, pepper, and salt to the mixture. ≈ 3 min
  3. Thoroughly mix the filling. ≈ 4 min
  4. Place the cabbage in the boiling water, then separate the leaves.
  5. Divide the filling into three portions per serving, and roll them into square packages. ≈ 10 min
  6. Place the packages in a container. ≈ 3 min
  7. Pour, and cook.
  8. 20 minutes before the end of cooking, add the juice made with sugar and vinegar.

The bill

Stuffed cabbage with lamb

  • 163 g of lamb$3.30
  • 20 grams of rice$0.06
  • 10 grams of chickpeas$0.02
  • 15 grams of onion$0.02
  • 50 g of chestnuts$0.51
  • 15 grams of cilantro$0.46
  • 50 g of tomatoes$0.64
  • 10 g of wine vinegar or 2g of citric acid$0.01
  • 5 g of sugar or 15g of grape molasses$0.24
  • 0.1 gram of cinnamon$0.00
  • salt$0.06
  • pepper$0.21
  • broth or water$2.04

Total$7.57

that's $1.26 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 163 g of lamb
  • 20 grams of rice
  • 10 grams of chickpeas
  • 15 grams of onion
  • 220 g of cabbage
  • 50 g of chestnuts
  • 15 grams of cilantro
  • 50 g of tomatoes
  • 10 g of wine vinegar or 2g of citric acid
  • 5 g of sugar or 15g of grape molasses
  • 0.1 gram of cinnamon
  • salt
  • pepper
  • broth or water

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