Safta's Stuffed Cabbage

Ingredients:

1 medium sized cabbage
1 pound ground meat
1 cup rice (rinsed)
1 onion
4 cloves garlic chopped
2 tomatoes
2 tbs chopped parsley
1 tbsp cumin
1 tbsp turmeric
1 tbsp paprika
salt and pepper to taste

For the sauce:

1 cup tomato sauce
2 cups boiling water
2 tbs chicken soup mix
2 tbsp onion soup mix
1 tbsp cumin

Directions:

1. In a large pot, boil the cabbage in water with 1 tsp salt for a few moments until the leaves can separate. Let it cool in a colander and then separate the leaves.

2. In another pot, boil the rice until cooked.

2. For the filling: saute the chopped onion until brown, add the garlic, tomatoes, parsley and then the ground meat. Mix well until the meat is browned. Mix in the rice and the spices.

3. Put about 1 (or 2, depending on the size of the leaf) scoops of the mixture in the middle of a cabbage leaf. Fold the two sides and then roll. Place in a large pot.

4. Roll all the cabbage leaves and arrange in the pot. Pour the sauce on top and cook for about an hour. (Check during cooking, you might need to add more water) and Enjoy!