How to cook cabbage rolls without steaming cabbage: a lazy version of a lunch dish

If you don't have time to steam the cabbage for cabbage rolls and then wrap the filling in the leaves, use the next option. The ingredients are the same, but the technology is much simpler. You just need to chop the vegetable – it cooks faster when chopped.

The idea of cooking lazy cabbage rolls for lunch was published on the Instagram page of food blogger Alex Mil (mil_alexx). You can stew everything in a frying pan.

Ingredients:

• minced meat - 600 g
• boiled rice - 250 g
• onion - 160 g
• carrots - 120 g
• cabbage - 400 g
• sour cream - 4 tbsp
• tomatoes - 4 tbsp
• warm water - 500 g
• oil for frying
• salt, pepper, herbs

Method of preparation:

1. Boil rice, chop cabbage, grate carrots on a fine grater.

2. Chop the onion.

3. Pour 2 tbsp of oil into a frying pan and fry cabbage, onions, and carrots until soft, stirring occasionally, under the lid. About 7-10 minutes.

4. Put the vegetables, rice, minced meat, and herbs on a plate.

5. Season with salt and pepper and knead until smooth.

6. Form the cabbage rolls and place them in the pan.

7. Pour warm water into a bowl, add sour cream and tomato.

8. Stir and pour over the cabbage rolls to cover them completely.

9. Put on medium heat and cook with the lid closed for about 25-30 minutes.