Cabbage Rice

Ingredients

• meat
• 2 cups (300 g) rice
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ½ teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon cumin
• 2 tablespoons ghee
• 6 cloves garlic
• lemon juice
• 1 head of cabbage (quantity to taste) cabbage
• lukewarm water for soaking the rice
• 1½ cups for every 2 cups of rice hot water for cooking

Instructions

1. In a bowl, soak the rice in lukewarm water for 30 to 45 minutes.
2. Heat the ghee in a pot over the heat.
3. Add the meat to the pot and stir until it is almost cooked.
4. Add the salt, black pepper, ginger, and cumin to the pot, and stir the ingredients with the meat.
5. Add the chopped cabbage to the pot and stir it with the remaining ingredients until it wilts, then reduce the heat and cover the pot.
6. Add the garlic to the pot after the cabbage has wilted.
7. In another small pot over the heat, bring the hot water to a boil.
8. Add the soaked, drained rice to the main pot and stir it with the fat, meat, and cabbage until it absorbs the flavor.
9. Add the boiling water to the main pot, using 1½ cups for every 2 cups of rice.
10. In the main pot, raise the heat at first and leave the pot covered until the water dries up.
11. In the main pot, reduce the heat to the lowest setting, then cover the pot with cellophane and leave it for one-third of an hour.
12. In the main pot, uncover after the time is up and check for doneness.
13. When serving, add the lemon juice to the serving dish.
14. When serving, sprinkle with black pepper if desired.