Making+Stuffed+Grapeleaves+(waradawali)


 * __Ingredients__**
 * Rice
 * Ground Beef
 * Grape leaves
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * Cumen
 * Oregano
 * Lemon
 * Olive Oil

__**The Process**__ We put the grape leaves in a small pot filled up with 2 cups of water and put it on the stove. We turned the stove on and waited for it to boil. After putting the grape leaves on the stove we browned the ground beef. After browning the ground beef, we put it in a large bowl with 4 cups of rice. Then we took a spoonful of each of the following spices: Salt, pepper, cumen, oregano, and lemon. We spread them evenly over the rice and ground beef. Then we poured olive oil evenly over the mix. I took my hands and mashed up all the ingredients in the bowl, making sure it was evenly and fully mixed. After that we took the grape leaves of of boil and drained them. Then we began the process of folding. To fold, you do the following: After all of the leaves were used up, we put the pot on the stove and turned the stove on. Then we let it sit for 1 hour.
 * 1) Take leaf and spread it out
 * 2) Cut off stem
 * 3) Take a spoonful of rice mix and put it above where the stem was
 * 4) Fold the leaf right over left and left over right
 * 5) Fold bottom over where rice was placed
 * 6) Roll up the rest of the way
 * 7) Squeeze together to drain and stick together
 * 8) Pile in very big pot
 * 9) Do this over and over and over and over and over again. Trust me, it takes awhile. As much as 1 to 1 and a half hours.