Posna Sarma

Posna Sarma (Serbian recipe)

This recipe is similar to the recipe for Greek dolmas, though it's made with cabbage instead of grape leaves. The usual sarma is made with ground pork and chuck, resulting in a combination of meat, oil and cabbage, however this is a vegetarian version. If you prefer to us ground pork or chuck simply leave out the oil and fry the meat, then add remaining ingredients.

Ingredients

1 cabbage (or sweet cabbage)

5 onions (diced)

2 stalks celery

olive oil

1 green pepper (diced)

3.5 oz rice (cooked)

3.5 oz walnuts (ground)

1 can whole tomatoes

salt

Cut out the hard core of the cabbage and boil the cabbage and then separate each leaf. Heat oil in a skillet and add onions, celery and green pepper. Fry until soft. Add the cooked rice and stir fry the mixture for about two minutes. Remove the mixture from heat and add walnuts and salt. Mix well. Take a cabbage leaf and scoop approx. one tablespoon of the mixture on it. Roll up the leaf, the sides should be folded inside to prevent the mixture from falling out. Place the rolls in a large pan, add the tomatoes and enough water to cover them up. Cook over a medium heat for about one hour.Switch of the heat and keep the sarma's covered until it's time to eat.