Soak the sumac seeds in the water for two hours (If sumac seeds not available, you can add 1 spoon of sumac powder to the mixture)
Boil the cabbage. Boil the grape leaves as well, if they are fresh grape leaves. If they are pickled, you need to keep them in hot water to get rid of its saltiness and then filter the water out.
All the ingredients except the vegetables to be filled are put together. They are mixed to be the mixture of the meal. Sumac seed water is filtered and the water is spilled in the mixture. Then, oil is added and mixed fully with hands of spoon.
Put some grape leaves or cabbage in the bottom of the stew pot so the food doesn’t burn.
Then, the mixture is put inside the vegetables. It is also rolled inside the cabbage and grape leaves. Make sure to keep the bright side of grape leaves facing outside. So, we need to see the shiny part, and fill the matt part.
Once the pot is filled, we put a plate or a pot lid to keep the food tight inside. Then, put some water until above the plate we put. Then, we put the original lid, and cook it. After it boils, we keep the stove low and cook the meal for 35-40 mins.
After that, your meal is ready to be cooked.