Iraqi Dolma: Swiss chard, tomatoes, zucchini and Green pepper

Name: How to cook Iraqi Dolma: Swiss chard, tomatoes, zucchini and Green pepper - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

Mayya

Iraqi Dolma: Swiss chard, tomatoes, zucchini and Green pepper

Ingredient

Food ration :

4 servings

Cooking time :

60 mins

1/2 kg

zucchinis

1/2 kg

small eggplants

750 g

swiss chard

tomatoes

green peppers

1 tablespoon

vegetable oil

2 cups

rice, washed, soaked in water for 15 minutes and drained

400 g

ground meat

onions, finely chopped

4 cloves

garlic

1/2

parsley

tomato, finely chopped

1 tablespoon

tomato paste

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Separate the stem of the Swiss chard from the leaves, then chop the stems.

* Step 2

In a saucepan, put the vegetable oil and top with the chopped Swiss chard stems.

* Step 3

To prepare the stuffing: dry the rice with a towel, place it in a bowl and add in all the stuffing ingredients. Mix, then leave aside for the rice to absorb the sauce from the other ingredients.

* Step 4

Dip the Swiss chard leaves into boiling water and leave until slightly tender then take out.

* Step 5

Pierce and empty the insides of the zucchinis, eggplants, tomatoes and green peppers.

* Step 6

Put some stuffing on a Swiss chard leaf and roll it. Repeat for the remaining leaves. Fill up the pierced zucchinis, eggplants, tomatoes and green peppers with the stuffing , make sure to fill only 3/4 of each vegetable piece.

* Step 7

In the saucepan that has the Swiss chard stems, place the stuffed vegetables in layers on top of each other. Start with the green peppers, then the eggplants, followed by the zucchinis, the tomatoes and finally the stuffed Swiss chard leaves.