Fylla (grape leaves)
Fylla (grape leaves)

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Grape leaves are the leaves of grapevine plant which is used in various cuisines. It is picked fresh from vine and stuffed with a mixture of meat, rice and spices and then boiled or steamed. Stuffed grape leaves are served as a main dish or appetizer. Grape leaves are medium to large, cordate, heart shaped having multiple lobes.

Fylla (grape leaves) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Fylla (grape leaves) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook fylla (grape leaves) using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Fylla (grape leaves):
  1. Get grape leaves (as many as the mixture will require)
  2. Take 1 kg minced meat (1/2 beef & 1/2 pork)
  3. Take 1 1/2 cup rice (1 short grain white rice & 1/2 long grain)
  4. Prepare 2 large onions, grated
  5. Prepare 2 cans (1 kg) diced tomatoes
  6. Take 2 tbsp tomato paste
  7. Make ready 1/2 cup water
  8. Take 1/2 cup vegetable shortening
  9. Make ready 1/2 cup olive oil
  10. Make ready salt, pepper, cumin
  11. Make ready water
  12. Take 1 tbsp vegetable shortening and 1/2 cup olive oil for cooking

These can either be a main dish or an appetizer, depending on your appetite. Serve with good crusty bread and a Greek salad, if desired. They are high in beta-carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, calcium and manganese. When the leaf is cultured and its tannic compounds broken down, these nutrients become more bioavailable.

Instructions to make Fylla (grape leaves):
  1. Blanch the grape leaves.
  2. Strain them and lay them out on the brim of the pot that you are going to use or the strainer.
  3. Mix the mince thoroughly with the rice, onions, tomato paste, diced tomatoes, water, shortening, oil and spices.
  4. Cover the bottom of the pot with tomato slices.
  5. Stuff the grape leaves in the following way
  6. Arrange each grape leaf, shiny side down, place a spoonful of filling on it, turn inwards the sides of the leave (next to the stem) and roll all the way up (it takes some patience!). At the same time, stack them tightly one next to the other in a large pot.
  7. Cover them with a large plate (so they don't unravel while cooking) and add the spoonful of shortening, the oil and as much water as is needed to cover them.
  8. Boil over high heat for about half an hour.
  9. Serve with yogurt.

They are high in beta-carotene, vitamin K, vitamin C, calcium and manganese. When the leaf is cultured and its tannic compounds broken down, these nutrients become more bioavailable. In this recipe, grape leaves are stuffed with a tasty meat and rice mixture, seasoned with warm spices (allspice and cumin) and loaded with fresh herbs in the form of parsley, dill and mint. Then, once stuffed, the grape leaves are cooked in a tasty lemony broth. Stuffed grape leaves (dolmades) Dolma recipe or stuffed grape leaves recipe is so popular in the Mediterranean.

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