1/2 cup (125 mL) tomato sauce (I use store bought pasta sauce)
1/2 cup (125 mL) water
Filling:
1 lb ground beef
1 large onion, minced finely
3 cloves of garlic (finely minced)
You can also use garlic powder (1 tablespoon)
1/2 cup of half cooked rice
Make rice as you normally would but undercook it a bit
1 egg
1 teaspoon salt + pepper
Optional: parsley, mushrooms, other vegetables as you desire
Instructions
In a large pot, boil salted water. Add your cabbage and cook for about 10 minutes or until leaves are soft enough to fold. On each of the cabbage leaves, you will also want to "shave off" some of the hard stems from the cabbage to make it easier to peel. You may also need to boil some of inner leaves again if they are not soft enough.
In a bowl, mix together your beef, onion, garlic, egg, half cooked rice, and salt and pepper. Add vegetables if desired and mix well.
Fold each cabbage roll with your desired amount of meat filling.
In a large baking pan, place your cabbage rolls. Add the tomato sauce + water mixture so that it covers the cabbage rolls about halfway to the top. You just want to make sure that the cabbage rolls do not burn. Cover with aluminum foil.
Bake at 380 °C for about 80 minutes.
Let cool for 10 minutes before eating.
You can also fry the cabbage rolls with some olive oil!