Sarmale (Traditional Romanian Dish for Christmas Dinner) / Cabbage rolls

  Hello dear ones, today I propose to you to make together a recipe that will definitely not be missing from the Christmas table, namely: Sărmăluțe! „Sarmale” it is a traditional dish in Romania that we always prepare for Christmas.   It's the recipe my grandmother made, now my mother makes it and she taught me to make it too. So you can trust that it is a tested and highly appreciated recipe.   I suggest you make „Sarmale” with meat and Vegetarian „Sarmale” (for those like me who do not eat meat).   Here is the filmed recipe, and below I give you all the details.     For „Sarmalele” with meat we need (60-70 pieces): A cup of rice 500 grams of minced meat mixture (beef and pork) Two big carrots One kg of onions A jar of tomato paste (314 g) A cup of sunflower oil Salt Pepper Sweet Pepper An egg to tie the composition A pickled cabbage (depends on how big the cabbage is)   For Vegetarian „Sarmalele” (30 pieces) we will need:   Half a cup of rice 400 g of wild mushrooms a carrot a large parsnip 3 onions half a cup of sunflower oil a pickled cabbage salt pepper sweet pepper   First, we scald the rice. Before scalding it, we wash it until no white dust comes out of it. Then boil water and put all the rice and leave it for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes we drain it well. We will go together for the beginning with the composition of both kinds of cabbage rolls and...