Ingredients

• 1 cup - bulgur wheat
• 1 - medium sized carrot, finely chopped
• 2 pods - garlic, finely chopped
• 3 tsp - olive oil
• 1/2 tsp - chilli flakes
• Salt - as required
• 4 - cabbage leaves
• 250 g - minced meat
• 1 tsp - ginger garlic paste
• 1/2 tsp - chilli powder
• 1/4 tsp - garam masala
• 1/2 tsp - coriander powder
• Salt - as required
• 1/2 tbsp - olive oil
• 1 - red pepper
• 2 - garlic pods
• 1 - dried red chilli

How to Make Bulgur with meat stuffed cabbage

• Add all the ingredients to a cooker or rice cooker, add two cups of water and cook it, until all the water is absorbed and cooked.
• Once cooked, stir with a fork, to separate the grains.
• For the meat stuffed cabbage bundles(I have used here the Chinese cabbage leaves, you can also use the normal ones which would be equally good):
• Heat the oil in a pan, add ginger garlic paste, meat, spices and salt.
• Cook it, until the meat is completely cooked, the water is absorbed and it looks dry.
• To stuff the cabbage leaves, gently remove the leaves, without tearing and wash well.
• Immerse it in a boiling water and cook for 5 minutes.
• Remove it from the water and pat dry completely.
• Place a level tablespoon of meat mixture in the middle of the leaves and wrap it up tightly, enclosed without any gap.
• Repeat it with the remaining leaves and steam it, in a steamer or any method of steaming which you use, for 10 minutes.
• For the carrot bundles:
• Slice the carrots lengthwise and steam them.
• To tie the carrot bundles, use chives or a coriander stalk.
• For the red pepper sauce:
• Preheat the oven to high.
• Smoke the red pepper for about 1/2 an hour, until the skin gets blackened out completely.
• Remove the top layer completely, grind it along with garlic, chilli and salt.
• To serve this meal in a plate, add the bulgur first, then the stuffed cabbage leaves, carrot bundles and some red pepper sauce on side.
• Recipe courtesy: Taste of Pearl City