Bulgarian Sarmi are the small cabbage or vine leaves stuffed with
delicious mixture of mince, rice and spices (for meat lovers) or just with rice
and spices, for vegetarians. During summer when there are a lot of fresh vine
leaves (Bulgaria is a famous wine producing country), the stuffed vine leaves
are prepared widely. Here are the recipes for the meat-including and vegetarian
version. If you visit Bulgaria in summer, I highly recommend you to try
them. Every winter there are a lot of sauerkraut heads sold on every farmer’s
market and this is the time for the sauerkraut sarmi (Sarmi s kisselo zele),
which meat versions are with chopped meat (recipe here)
or minced meat (today's recipe).
This dish is very traditional for the Christmas eve and for the New
Year’s menu.
Happy New Year!
