13 Apr 2010

Rolled cabbage with tomato sauce

What did you do on the weekend?

We walked from Omotesando up to Azabu to see some art galleries.

After we started walking from Omotesando(map) which is another fashion hub in Tokyo, we saw a lot of high brand shops in Aoyama. Many of their customers might be on-screen talents or sports players?!

We reached the Tokyo Mid-Town to see a  gallery and then went to Azabu via Ropponngi Hills for another gallery. Some parts of Azabu still have that old feeling and that differs to the new Ropponngi. The gallery is at an old apartment and has the kind of nice atmosphere as well.

Ok, let's cook. The idea of the rolled cabbage could be originally from overseas but it's known as a popular home cooking style in Japan.


Ingredients:
cabbage
minced pork
mushroom
onion
salt/pepper
nutmeg
oregano
rosemary
consomme soup

1- Boil the cabbage leaves and chip off the thick bit of the core.

2- Mix the minced pork, finely cut onion and mushroom, salt, pepper, rosemary, nutmeg and oregano.

3- Put some of 2 on 1 and roll it up. If it's not big enough to stay rolled by itself, you can clip the end with a tooth-pick. Don't worry if you break the cabbage, you can just wrap it with another one.

4- Spread enough 3 to cover the bottom of a pot. Put the soup, tomato can and boil.

I like this style of cooking because I can actually eat more cabbage than meat. This time I made small ones as the cabbage was not so big.

Itadakimasu!