For several years now, on the Old Christmas Eve, I'm looking to upload recipes that are meaningful for our family, the ones you may not find everywhere and which are certainly dear and unique because that's how our grandmother or mother used to cook. My grandma would make this particular recipe on the Christmas Eve - stuffed cabbage rolls with corn grits we used to call it back home, in Bessarabia. They don't have meat and, despite the very simple ingredients, these cabbage rolls are very tasty. So, keep them in mind when you want to cook something different, vegan, Lenten or simply delicious. Combinations of rice and meat can also be made, but simple they seem fantastic to me.
On the Christmas Eve we would go to grandma's. She used to cook only Lenten food for the evening - sauerkraut pies, potato pies, these cabbage rolls, braided bread - colaci and, definitely, sweet wheat berry pudding. She would lit a candle at the icon and give us plates filled with wheat as alms.
It took me some time to figure the ratio, questions and advice from my aunt for the perfect recipe. And that's because when my grandmother was making the recipes, I didn't care about them, the food was good and ready-made :)
