Macedonian Sarma

Ingredients

 * Pickled cabbage leaves
 * 1 cup of rice
 * 1 Onions diced
 * 500g Minced Meat ( or minced pork or 1/2 1/2)
 * Oil
 * Red pepper ,
 * Black Pepper,
 * Vegeta
 * 1 tablespoon of tomatoe paste
 * 1 zuchini grated
 * 1 carrot grated
 * 2-3 cloves garlic
 * 3 tablespoon chopped parsley
 * 1 tablespoon

Directions

 * 1) Cut the Onion into small pieces, grated carrot and zuchini and fry them in oil.
 * 2) Add the ground meat, red pepper, pepper, spices parsley garlic oregano and tomato paste, add the rice also.
 * 3) Use whole cabbage leaf for very big sarma OR cut into quarters or smaller for small sarma. Then use the mixture to stuff the pickled cabbage leaves using a sall teaspoon into a pocket of the cabbage, then form a roll with your hands, and try to form a parcel. Don't try too hard to make perfect.
 * 4) Line them up in a pot, but first line up pickled cabbage leaves at the bottom of the pot so they don't burn.
 * 5) Cover layer with cabbage leaves. Then make another layer of cabbage rolls.layer again with cabbage leaves.Dont put more than two layers.
 * 6) Cover cabbage rolls with water and cook for about 1hour or until rice is cooked.
 * 7) When cooked For extra flavour, heat 1 tablespoon oil and fry 1 tablespoon flour, add 1 teaspoon paprika. Add this liquid on top of the sarma.cook for further 10 minutes.
 * 8) The whole has to be dry, not very moist.