Dolma Rice Bowl Recipe
Dolma Rice Bowl will become your new favorite meal. Perfect for lunch or dinner!
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
- 1 small Yellow Onion Peeled and finely diced
- 1 cup Basmati Rice
- 5 large Canned Grape Leaves Chiffonaded
- 1/4 cup Barberries Or dried currants
- 1/4 cup Chopped Fresh Dill
- 3 tablespoons Chopped Fresh Mint
- zest of one Lemon
- handful Pistachios Shelled
- Ground Sumac To taste
- 2-4 Dolmas For serving
Instructions
- In a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid, add the olive oil and turn the heat to medium-high.
- Saute the onion in the olive oil for about 4-5 minutes, until softened.
- Next, stir in the rice, and cook while constantly stirring for 1 minute or so.
- Stir in 2 cups of water, and the grape leaves. Cover and cook on LOW for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove the pan from the heat, and add the barberries or currants. Place a kitchen towel on top of the pot, and place the lid back on. Let the rice sit for 5 minutes.
- Meanwhile, chopped the dill and mint, and zest the lemon. Chopped the shelled pistachios.
- Remove the lid from the rice, and stir in the herbs, lemon zest, and chopped pistachios.
- Serve the rice bowl with a sprinkling of sumac and chopped dolmas on top.