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Japrak

Name: Japrak
Total time: 90 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Montenegro
Ingredients: 1 (leaves) Cabbage; 400g Mixed ground meat; 80g Rice; 1 Onion; 1 tsp Paprika; 1 tbsp Tomato paste; 3 tbsp Olive oil; 1 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 600ml Water; To taste Plain yogurt

Main Dish

⏱ 90 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Ground meat and rice wrapped in chard leaves and simmered — a Montenegrin home dish of stuffed leaves.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Japrak means 'leaf' in Turkish, and in Montenegro it refers to ground meat and rice wrapped in Swiss chard (blitva), cabbage, or grape leaves and simmered. A Balkan dish shaped by the Ottoman Empire, it's eaten with yogurt or sour cream.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Montenegrin kitchen, a pot full of green leaf rolls simmers, with a bowl of white yogurt alongside.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Cabbage 1 (leaves)
Mixed ground meat 400g
Rice 80g
Onion 1
Paprika 1 tsp
Tomato paste 1 tbsp
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 600ml
Plain yogurt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Briefly blanch the cabbage leaves and shave down the thick part of the rib.
Mix the ground meat, rinsed rice, chopped onion, paprika, salt, and pepper.
Place filling on each leaf and roll into slim rolls.
Pack snugly into a pot and pour in water with tomato paste dissolved in it and oil.
Cover with a drop lid, simmer on low for 1 hour, and serve with yogurt.

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