Savory Grape Leaf Cake

Ingredients

• 1 onion
• 1 tomato
• 1 cup rinsed rice
• 1 chicken bouillon cube
• Black pepper
• Salt
• Pinch of hot pepper
• 1 teaspoon pomegranate molasses
• Pinch of dried mint
• 1 cup chopped parsley
• Diamond Leaf Cake recipe from a friend and a cook on Shou Tabkhin Today:
• Fatima Zahoui Gamloush
• Click Fatima to visit her page on our site
• For meat-filled grape leaves, here is a link: Grape Leaves with Lamb Meat

Method

1. In a pot over the heat, sauté the finely chopped onion for several minutes, then add the finely chopped tomato, 1 cup of washed rice, and various spices: black pepper, a pinch of salt, chicken stock, a pinch of hot pepper, and pomegranate molasses.
2. Add dried mint, sauté for about 10 minutes, then add 1 cup chopped parsley and leave the mixture for another 5 minutes before turning off the heat.
3. Prepare a round baking pan, add a little oil with slices of potato and carrot, and begin arranging the grape leaves in the pan and along the edges.
4. Then add the filling and start rolling the edges of the grape leaves over the filling, using more than one leaf if needed to fully cover the filling.
5. Pour a sauce made of hot water, olive oil, pomegranate molasses, a chicken stock cube, and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over the grape leaves in the pan.
6. Cover the pan with foil and bake for about one hour; then invert the pan onto a serving plate and garnish as desired.
7. Recipe and method for grape-leaf cake from a friend and chef of the Sho Tabkheen Al-Youm website:
8. Fatima Zahwi Ghamloush
9. Click on Fatima's name to visit her dedicated page on our site.
10. To make stuffed grape leaves with meat, here is this link: Stuffed grape leaves with lamb ribs
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