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Ingredients

The ingredients are:

3/4 cup stone-ground yellow cornmeal (not the fine grind) mixed with water
1 small green cabbage
3 to 4 tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, finely chopped
6 to 8 medium white mushrooms, chopped
2 garlic cloves, fine minced
2 teaspoons Hungarian paprika
1/2 cup par-boiled white rice (the rice must be par-boiled rice that kind of rice is sold in grocery stores)
1 bunch fresh dill, finely chopped
3 whole tomatoes, from a small can, drained then chopped or you could use 2 large fresh tomatoes
2 cups water or chicken broth
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
Ground pepper, to you liking

Step 1: Put stone-ground yellow cornmeal in cold water for 3-4 hours and drain well before using (use about 3 cups water).
Step 2: Preheat oven to 400F (200C).
Step 3: In a frying pan heat oil over medium high heat. Cook onion for about 5 minutes, until soft. Add mushrooms and garlic and cook until any water has evaporated. Stir in paprika, rice and drained stone-ground cornmeal, fresh dill, salt. Season with pepper. Remove from heat. Separate the mushroom mixture in half.
Step 4: Cut the cabbage into quarters, remove the white hard core and coarsely shred with a sharp knife. Sprinkle with salt and separate in three sections.
Step 5: Assemble the layers in a 10 inch ceramic baking dish. bottom layer with cabbage, then one of mushroom mixture, layer of cabbage, mushroom mixture and finish with cabbage layer. Mix the tomatoes with water or broth and pour all over the surface of the cabbage.
Step 6: Cover with aluminum foil or a lid and bake for about 1 hour to 1 1/4 hours or until cabbage and rice is soft. Uncover for the last 10 minutes of baking.

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