World Cup Special - Iraq
It was great to see Iraq back in the World Cup (last seen in Mexico in 1986) and it seemed apt to celebrate with dolma; vegetables stuffed with rice and usually meat. With my version I decided to use smoked tofu as my protein. Dolma has it's roots in Ottoman cuisine and whereever the Ottoman's were you will find some version of dolma. There seem to be versions from Romanian and Hungary in the west to Iran in the east. So I suspect that I might be cooking some variations of this. Word of warning this is quite a laborious dish to make but it is so worth it. Dolma Ingredients For the stuffing mixture: 335g Smoked tofu cubed 400g / 2 cups medium grain rice (I use basmati rice) 4 tbsp tomato paste , equivalent to 156 ml 40ml / 0.17 cup pomegranate molasses 1.5 small onions, chopped 2 cloves garlic 1 red or orange bell peppers 60ml/ 0.25 cup olive oil 1.5 tsp salt Good grind of black pepper For the vegetables: 1.5 aubergine, medium sized aubergine 1 c...
