Stuffed Rolled Grape Leaves

Ingredients

• 1 jar grape leaves or fresh grape leaves
• Rice
• Parsley and pomegranate seed to garnish
• Fresh lemon slices
• 2 cups short grain rice (calrose rice)
• 2 large tomatoes
• 2 cups chopped parsley
• 1 large chopped onion
• 1/3 cup lemon juice
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp black pepper
• 1 tsp 7 spice
• 1 tbsp dried mint
• 3 mince garlic cloves

Instructions

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   1: soak calrose rice for about half an hour

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   2:cook the grape leaves in hot water for couple minutes about 3 to 4 minutes if they are fresh if using a jar grape leaves or frozen just cook for one minute.

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   3:start on chopping parsley, onion and tomato.

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   4: drian water from rice then add the chopped veggies, salt, pepper, 7 spice, lemon juice, dried mint, minced garlic, pomegranate molasses and olive oil.

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   5: start on rolling the grape leaves by adding about 1/2 tbsp of the filling in the middle of the grape leave close both sides then roll very tight, make sure to roll right or they will open.

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   6: repeat till finish, you can strain the liquid from the rice and save it to use instead of the water to cook the stuffed grape leaves.

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   7: add sliced potatoes and tomatoes in the bottom on the instant pot then layer the grape leaves beside each other.

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   8: mix the ingredients for the liquid and add on too the grape leaves.

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    9:add the metal thing on top that comes with the instant pot to hold them in place.

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    10: close the pressure cooker and set on pressure setting for 12 minutes.