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Romanian sarmale (vegan cabbage rolls)
VeganVegetarian📦 Batch cook❄ Freezer-friendly
Pickled-cabbage rolls stuffed with rice and mushrooms, slow-simmered in smoked paprika and tomato. Iconic Romanian feast staple.
⏱ 105 min✂ 30 prep👤 6 serves🧊 4fridge
Ingredients
- •12 leaves pickled cabbage leaves (varza murata)
- •200 g rice (medium grain)
- •250 g mushrooms (finely chopped)
- •1 large onion (finely diced)
- •1 medium carrot (grated)
- •2 tsp sweet paprika
- •1 tsp smoked paprika
- •2 leaf bay leaves
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Steps
- 1Sauté onion + carrot 5 min.
- 2Add mushrooms, sweat 4 min.
- 3Stir in rice, sweet paprika, smoked paprika, bay; cook 1 min.
- 4Wrap 2 tbsp filling per cabbage leaf.
- 5Layer rolls in pot with passata + broth to cover.
- 6Simmer 75 min on low.
- 7Top with dill before serving.
Per serving micros
% of adult daily reference intake (FDA/EFSA averaged)
400 ml tomato passata
•2 tbsp dill (chopped)•3 tbsp sunflower oil•1 to taste salt and pepper16%
⚠This recipe has negligible B12. Vegans should supplement separately (B12 is the one nutrient plants don't reliably provide).