Stuffed Cabbage, Anti-cold Meal

Stuffed Cabbage is one of the best option for autumn meals. Placing it among the menu of family meals can have a significant effect on developing the body's resistance against diseases. So if you are determined to go through cold seasons like autumn and winter, place this on your weekly agenda.

Ingredients

1 whole white cabbage
200 g cooked rice
1 medium onion
30 g ground mutton
1 egg
2 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons flour
1 cooked tomato
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 teaspoon thyme powder
Salt and black pepper powder for seasoning

Procedure

Get started with the cabbage! Put it in water in a pot and allow to cook. you can also remove the leaves and boil in water for a half hour till thoroughly softened to wrap. Then strain them and set aside.
After that, melt 2/3 butter in a frying pan and saute the chopped onion in it till soft. At this stage, add in the minced meat and saute lose to 10 miuntes. Once the meat is changed in color, add in chopped parsley, strained rice, and grated garlic and saute another 1 minute. Remove from the heat.
Now your fillings are ready! Go over to the cabbage and put 1 tablespoon of the meat mixture in the center of the leaves and then wrap it carefully. do this in way the ingredients don't come out during cooking. Place the wrapped cabbage leaves inside a pot. To prepare the sauce, melt the remaining butter in a saucepan on low flame and add 3 tablespoons flour. Then add 4 to 5 tablespoons tomato puree, chicken stock and spices like thyme, salt and black pepper powder. Let it on the flame 20 miuntes. in the last stage, pour the sauce all over the wrapped leaves and cook on low flame for a half hour.
Nutrition Facts
According to the natural therapists of the world, white or red cabbage( either raw or steamed) is the best medicine for destroying infections in respiratory system especially the lungs. Consuming the vegetable in your main meals or as salads not only cures the inflammations and some diseases in alimentary system but it also strengthens the neurons and causes peace and tranquility.
increases the body strength
Cabbage and rice is an eye-catching cuisine which has a healing and therapeutic effects. the dish increases the body's strength against infectious diseases and cancers. medicine practitioners believe that the white cabbage can reduce the risk of intestine cancer up to 66 %. Those suffering a surgery or those with wounds in the body or digestive system can place it on their diet and speed up treatment of the wounds and injuries.
Cabbage clears blood vessels
Although the dish does n't contain much parsley, its combination with cabbage and thyme will be great to prevent human from cardio-vascular diseases. Parsley is rich in vitamins B and plays a big role in clearing up the blood vessels in case of polluted environment especially air pollution. therefore, all those who live in populous, large and industrial cities, are recommended to consume parsley. The herb also can increase iron absorption in the body and help to cure iron deficiency anemia.
Control daily stress
Ayurvedic medicine practitioners believe that onion is one of the most useful vegetables to prevent heart attack and brain stroke. According to them, 3 ways of consuming the vegetable: raw, boiled, and fried and can avoid the formation of blood clots in blood vessels. Onion along with vegetables such as cabbage, and tomato creates a compound that the most important factors for cardiovascular diseases such as deposition of waste material in blood vessels, daily tensions and stress will be reduced among the people who consume it at least twice a week.
How to serve
You can serve it with a starter of vegetable salads. Salads with lettuce, cabbage, tomato, cucumber and carrot help you to gain more fiber and therefore, stop your intestines and digestion system from working slowly. Consuming Cabbage Stuffed Leaves with a salad can also provide the body with the required water and prevent the skin from getting dry and harsh n cold autumn days.