
Ingredients:
• Cabbage — 700 g
• Salt — ½ tsp
• Bay leaves — 2 pcs
• Boiling water — 200 ml
• Onion — 150 g
• Carrot — 150 g
• Celery — 120 g
• Garlic — 5 cloves
• Tomato paste — 1 tbsp
• Sugar — 1 tsp
• Black pepper — ¼ tsp
• Chili pepper — to taste
• Canned beef (stew) — 2 cans
How to cook it:
Finely shred the cabbage, add salt, massage it well with your hands, and let it sit for 30 minutes to soften.
Steep the bay leaves in boiling water — we only need the aromatic broth, not the bitterness from the leaves.
Heat some oil in a large pan or pot. Sauté the onion until golden.
Add grated carrot — cook for a couple of minutes.
Then add finely chopped celery, garlic, tomato paste, sugar, black pepper, and chili if using. Mix everything well and cook for another 5 minutes. The sugar helps balance the acidity of the tomato paste.
Add the cabbage back in and mix everything together.
Now place the canned beef on top of the cabbage, pour in the bay leaf broth, reduce the heat, cover with a lid, and let it simmer for 30–40 minutes.
Done! The aroma will fill your kitchen. Enjoy your meal!