Main Ingredients:

See below ingredients and instructions of the recipe

Cooking Preparation of the Recipe:

2 tb Olive oil
1 md Onion, finely chopped
5 c Mushrooms, chopped
1 tb Dried parsley or to taste
1/4 ts Black pepper or to taste
1/8 ts Cayenne pepper or to taste
1/4 ts Turmeric or to taste
1 c Yellow split peas, cooked
2 c White or brown rice, cooked
16 oz Grape leaves (1 jar)
1 c Water

Preheat oven to 350F degrees.

In a skillet, heat oil and saute onion and mushrooms until soft. Add
parsley and spices. Tranfer to a bowl. Mix in peas and rice.

Line a 3-quart baking dish with a few grape leaves to keep stuffed
leaves from sticking and burning.

Place 1 heaping tablespoon of rice mixture (more or less depending on
size of leaf) in the center of a grape leaf.

Fold in sides, then roll leaf from stem to tip. Place in casserole.
Repeat procedure with remaining grape leaves until rice mixture is
used up. Pour water in bottom of dish (to prevent sticking and drying
out). Bake for 25 minutes.

Serves 12 as an appetizer, 6 as an entree.

Nutritional Information per appetizer serving: 91 calories; 3g
protein; 2.5g fat; 14g carbohydrates; 0 cholesterol; 94mg sodium

Source: unknown

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