Before proceeding to the description of the recipe, I want to introduce You to this concept in the army, as the daily military rations. Warehouse in the dining room all products have been strictly according to these standards, could not give a more specific product, and could not give less. Until 2008, there were some rules, after December 2008, they changed somewhat.

First, cut into cubes onions.

In part to prepare the lazy cabbage used electrosafety. At home you can cook in a pot or high pan (like a skillet). Fry the onion in vegetable oil (or as an option on the fat).

Add sauerkraut and fry. In our part of the cabbage booze themselves, usually all women in October was removed from other works, and all together in the dining room engaged in the ferment of cabbage, so the cabbage has always been delicious, and many. Pickled cabbage is used in salads, soups and second dishes daily. These lazy cabbage rolls cooked at least once a week.

Then add tomato paste.

Stir and fry for a few minutes.

Now comes the turn of meat. I must say that in the army never used raw meat for cooking other dishes. The meat is pre-boiled, then taken out and butchered, smaller part used for Breakfast, big for lunch. Dinner was always fish. From the broth cooked the first dish (two to choose from), boiled meat in the soup was never added. When cooking lazy cabbage sauteed cabbage added sliced boiled beef. In the summer, and field exits (exercises) only used canned stewed beef "stew". Here, it is the "stew" in this case, and add to the fried cabbage.

Stew meat or boiled "corned beef" and cabbage.

To prepare the lazy cabbage rolls you can use any figure from the "Mistral", I prefer "Indica", as it is less mushy and retains its shape.

Fill the rice evenly over the entire area. Add salt, black pepper and Bay leaf. The list of spices and seasonings according to the norms was very scarce: mustard powder, vinegar, Bay leaf and black pepper. Therefore, our chefs are always generously added a Bay leaf. Moreover, according to the old sign: a Bay leaf in the dish to the letter.

Then add warm water. And again, its own nuances. For anybody not a secret that soldiers were always hungry and wanted to eat, despite the fact that the rules were designed at calorie and balanced presence of vitamins and nutrients. Therefore, our compassionate chefs tried to fill the stomachs of soldiers a large amount of food by adding more water to the dish. Often, these lazy cabbage rolls were more like thick rice-cabbage soup. In this case, in order for the dish to be appetizing and delicious, I suggest to pour warm water to 1 cm above the rice. Bring to the boil, cover and cook on low heat for 25-30 minutes. In acidic medium the rice is cooked slightly longer than usual and less mushy.

Lazy cabbage rolls are ready.

Stir the dish with a spatula.

Lazy cabbage rolls in the army ready. Of course, no decoration of the dish was out of the question. In the summer, sometimes there was greens from the garden part. Bon appetit!