Sogan Dolmasi (arabic)

Serves 1
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Directions

  1. 1Trim the onions and slice them halfway through.
  2. 2Cook the onions with lemon slices in water until soft enough to reveal the layers.
  3. 3Carefully separate the onion layers.
  4. 4Chop up the core of the onion to use for the stuffing.
  5. 5Combine the chopped onion core with soaked rice, parsley, and grated garlic in a mixing bowl.
  6. 6Add pomegranate molasses, tomato paste, pepper paste, olive oil, and spices to the rice mixture.
  7. 7Mix the stuffing ingredients thoroughly by hand.
  8. 8Stuff the onion layers with the rice mixture.
  9. 9Roll the stuffed onions into a neat shape.
  10. 10Line up the stuffed onions in a baking dish.
  11. 11In a separate bowl, combine pomegranate molasses, tomato and pepper paste, olive oil, salt, and water to create a sauce.
  12. 12Whisk the sauce ingredients together.
  13. 13Pour the sauce over the stuffed onions in the baking dish.
  14. 14Cover the baking dish with parchment paper.
  15. 15Bake the stuffed onions in the oven until perfectly cooked and slightly charred.
  16. 16Serve the Sogan Dolmasi hot, drizzled with the sauce from the pan.
  17. 17Garnish with fresh parsley and a drizzle of olive oil.

Ingredients

  • onions
  • rice
  • parsley
  • garlic
  • pomegranate molasses
  • tomato paste
  • pepper paste
  • olive oil
  • spices
  • water
  • salt

Equipment

knifepotslotted spooncutting boardmixing bowlbaking dishoven