* Cigar cabbage leaves or grape *

* Cigar cabbage leaves or grape *

Ingredients:
1 fresh white cabbage, large leaves (very heavy), or
15 grape leaves, or 1 large celga (fat).

Re full:
1 cup (tea) of ground duck or meat of your choice.
½ cup (tea) of rice washed thoroughly dry with no water.


Spices:
1 large grated onion, 2 cloves of garlic without the hash core
1 teaspoon (tsp) grated ginger
1 tablespoon (coffee) or (tea) spicy paprika
1 pinch of cumin or moscara walnut (optional)
2 tablespoons (soup) of chopped fresh mint. (Optional)
1/2 teaspoon (soup) of salt.
1 pinch of ground bay (optional)
1 cup (tea) parsley with stems finely chopped
1/2 pepper finger girl seeded only the finely chopped red part or 1 tablespoon (soup) pepper sauce

Sauce:
l / 2 liter of homemade tomato sauce or
l tomato sauce diluted with tin cans 2 or 3 of cold water
2 bouillon tablets or
2 tablespoons (soup) Onion Soup shallow industrialized
2 bay leaves
Option II:
Can cook cigars with homemade broth or bouillon industrialized meat, for each liter of water USA- is 1 tablet.
Way of preparing:
Wash the cabbage, remove the leaves carefully, cutting with a knife. Cut rather thick stalk.
Place the cabbage leaves a large pot with water, for cooking, i.e., "only fade". Book.
Season the meat with salt and other seasonings.
Let rest for 15 'to 30' minutes in the refrigerator.
Then mix the meat with the rice washed and well dried without any water.
If you need to dry the rice into a clean cloth napkin.
Fill the cabbage leaves "not too tight" with a spoon (soup) of filling.
Do not forget that the rice grows.
Fold the side and then roll like a small package.
Put them in cold tomato sauce and with the broth already dissolved. Approximately 1 liter of sauce.
The pot should fit all cigars, put next to each other and snuggle.
Leave over high heat until boiling. Cover the pan, lowering the fire, allow cooking for 20 'to 30' minutes, or until doubled in size.
Dried liquid complete with hot water to finish cooking.
Single dish - just Serve with salad. Watercress, cherry tomatoes, or more leafy greens with chopped tomatoes.
And grated carrots in thick drain.
Came with homemade cheese. See the Blogs

Note:
Grape leaves already found in the dry market, or glass, can also use fresh, cut the thick stalk.
The celga spend slightly in boiling water to wilt.
Note:
"The real name" cigar "is why it is very thin cigar type.
The Lebanese are grape leaf. "
Here in Brazil the cigars made at home are bigger, will depend on their tradition (source).