🇵🇱 🇲🇩 🇺🇦 One-Pot Cabbage Rolls/ Stuffed Cabbage (Golubtsy) — So Juicy Martha Stewart Would Approve!

Ingredients:

1 flat white cabbage (~1.2 kg) — or the same amount of sweetheart or savoy cabbage

600 g beef and lamb mince (50/50 mix)

4–5 large carrots, grated (~400 g)

1 large onion (~250 g) or 2–3 medium onions (~250 g total)

200 g basmati rice (well washed)

50 g tomato paste

100 g plum tomatoes (fresh or canned)

1 tsp ground cumin

1 tsp garam masala

1 tsp sweet paprika

Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

2 tbsp sugar

Fresh dill (~20 g), finely chopped

Step-by-step summary:
1️⃣ Choose a heavy pot — you’ll boil, fry, and cook everything in one pot.
2️⃣ Prepare your cabbage: cut out the tough core, boil it, and remove soft leaves after 4–5 minutes (cabbage ready in 7–9 minutes).
3️⃣ Prepare the onions: chop roughly and fry on medium heat until soft and juicy.
4️⃣ Prepare the mince mixture: fry beef and lamb mince together with grated carrots.
5️⃣ Make onion paste: blend fried onions with a splash of water.
6️⃣ Add to mince: plum tomatoes, tomato paste, cumin, garam masala, paprika, 2 tbsp sugar (balances acidity), salt and pepper.
7️⃣ Stir in onion paste and rice, then finely chopped dill.
8️⃣ Roll: place 1–2 tsp of filling on cabbage leaf, roll tightly like a straw, tuck sides in, turn over and tuck again.
9️⃣ Layer rolls in pot, cover with water (~1–1.5 cm above), bring to boil, reduce heat, simmer 35–40 minutes.
🔟 Serve with tomato sauce and fresh dill — done!

✨ Juicy, traditional, easy one-pot cabbage rolls — just like Martha Stewart would approve!
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Did you know cabbage rolls are beloved around the world, with every culture giving them their own name and twist?

In Poland, they’re called Gołąbki.
In Ukraine and Russia, they’re Golubtsy.
In the Balkans, Sarma is their version.
In Romania, they’re Sarmale.
In Scandinavia, they’re known as Kåldolmar.
Even Germany has Kohlrouladen.

These humble stuffed cabbage rolls are truly a global comfort food, prepared in kitchens from Eastern Europe to the Middle East and beyond — always loved, always special.

Famous chefs have brought cabbage rolls into the spotlight too:
✨ Martha Stewart has shared her Polish Gołąbki.
✨ Gordon Ramsay praises simple, rustic classics like these.
✨ Jamie Oliver is all about hearty, homemade meals just like this.
✨ Even Yotam Ottolenghi and Tom Kerridge love cabbage roll variations in their books.