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Grape Leaf Rolls with Olive Oil (Zeytinyagli Yaprak Sarmasi)
400 gr grape leaves, washed one by one
Filling: 1 cup rice, washed and drained 4 medium onions, chopped 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 5 tbsp sugar 2 tbsp pine nuts 1 tbsp current 1 tbsp dry mint 1 cup hot water Salt
Sautee the onion with olive oil for about 5 minutes. Add the rice and salt, stir and cover the lid. Cook over very low heat until the rice looks almost see-through. Add the sugar, nuts, current, mint and 1 cup hot water. Cook until all the water evaporates, stirring occasionally over low heat. Put aside and let it cool down.
Fill a large pot half way with water and boil. Add all the leaves in it and boil for about 2-3 minutes. Drain and cut off the stems (picture). The matte (not shiny) side of the leaf is the inside, that's where the filling will go. Grab a leaf and fold the top where the stem was as shown in this picture. Use a teaspoon to put filling on it (picture). First fold over the top (picture), then the two sides (picture) and roll to close it up (picture). Line up all the rolls in the pot side by side tightly, without any holes in between (picture).
Pour in 1 1/2 cup of water from the side of pot. Cook over low heat until most of the water evaporates. Leave a little bit of water at the bottom, it will go away as it's cooling down.
After it cools down, place on a service plate and serve with lemon slices on top. Keep in the fridge.

Stuffed Peppers and Tomatoes (Domates, Biber Dolmasi)
Main ingredients: 6 small cubanelle peppers (or 4 small Hungarian peppers) 2 large tomatoes 1 tbsp crushed tomato 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 2 cups water
Filling: 225 gr medium ground beef 1/4 cup rice, washed 4 fresh onions, chopped 1/4 cup parsley, chopped 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp water Salt Pepper
Cut off the tops of the peppers and tomatoes using a small knife, but don't throw them away as you will put them back on after you put in the filling (see picture). Clean out the seeds inside the peppers. Then spoon out the inside of the tomatoes, this will be added to the filling.
Mix all the filling ingredients (including the inside of the tomatoes) with a tablespoon. Stuff the peppers and the tomatoes with a teaspoon, but don't overdo it. Leave some room at the top. While filling the peppers, don't push the filling in, instead tap the peppers vertically on the counter. Then cover the peppers and tomatoes with the tops you cut off earlier.
Place the peppers sideways at the bottom of a large pot. Then put the tomatoes on top. This is because the tomatoes cook faster and thus will fall apart if not placed this way. Now, pour the rest of the main ingredients over (water, crushed tomato and olive oil). Cook on medium-high for about 30 minutes with the lid half covered.
for more information (binnur's turkish cookbook):
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/
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