Dolme kalam: Popular Asian dish
Dolme kalam is a very delicious dish that, if cooked properly, everyone in the family will be a fan of it and it will become one of your main meals. Cabbage has a lot of properties, and having high fiber is one of its most important properties.
In Asian countries, this food is widely prepared and has various recipes that we will teach you in this article in the Iranian way, and you can use it as a dinner or lunch meal.
Cabbage rolls, which are rolled and have a beautiful appearance, can add a lot of beauty to your dining table, and in this tutorial, tomato sauce is used in which tomato paste (Rob gojeh farangi) is used, the recipe of which you can see on this site and you can experience its spicy taste.
Necessary ingredients for making Dolme kalam: Popular Asian dish
Note that in dishes prepared with vegetables, be sure to use fresh vegetables to give better quality to your food.
Ingredients for Dolme kalam
Cabbage | 1 Pc |
Minced meat | 400 Grams |
Half a pint | Cooked rice |
Half a pint | Cooked cobs |
Onion | 1 |
Garlic | 2 Cloves |
Salt and pepper | As needed |
Dry dill | 1 Spoon |
Chopped parsley | 1 Spoon |
Dolme kalam sauce ingredients
Tomatoes | 3 Pc |
Tomato paste | 2 Spoons |
Olive oil | 1 Spoon |
Sugar | 1 Spoon |
Apple cider vinegar | 1 Spoon |
Salt and pepper | As needed |
Onion | 1 Pc |
Garlic | 1 Clove |
How to make Dolme kalam: Popular Asian dish
Step 1
First, we prepare the cabbage salad sauce, and for this, you need to put a suitable dish on the heat and pour olive oil into it, chop the onion and add it to the oil until its color turns glass, and chop the garlic and Add to it and grate the tomatoes and add tomato paste, salt, pepper, apple cider vinegar and sugar to the onions. Put it on low flame for 10 minutes until the ingredients are cooked.
Step 2
Put a pot on the heat and add a lot of water to boil and add 1 spoon of salt to it and put the cabbage leaves separately in the boiling water to boil for 10 minutes. This will make the cabbage leaves softer so that they don’t break to roll, and it’s easier to do this. After 10 minutes, take the leaves out of the boiling water to cool.
Step 3
For the ingredients inside the dolma, you need to add 2 spoons of olive oil in a suitable container on the heat and chop the onion and fry it. Then add the garlic to it and mix the minced meat with it and fry it until the color of the meat darkens. After that, add rice, cobs, parsley and dry dill along with salt and pepper and fry a little until the ingredients are combined.
Step 4
At this stage, you should put the ingredients in the amount of a spoon in the cabbage leaf and roll it and put it in the pot, and after finishing the work. Pour the sauce that you prepared earlier on the cabbage slices and put it on low heat for 1 hour. Let it cook well.
Benefits of Dolme kalam: Popular Asian dish
- High fiber
- Improve heart function
- All kinds of vitamins and minerals
- Strong antioxidant
Disadvantages of Dolme kalam: Popular Asian dish
- Digestive problems
- High bloating
- Thyroid problems
Conclusion
Dolme kalam has many properties and you can prepare this food rich in fiber once a week and it is very useful for those who have constipation problem. Cabbage may not have a pleasant smell when cooking. But if proper cooking and quality ingredients are used in its preparation, it will fascinate everyone in the family, and you can prepare this delicious dish from the recipe that we have prepared for you. Share your opinion with us.
I have eaten grape leaf pomace and this can taste good too