Sogan Dolma

Ingredients

• red onions (try to pick large ones — the recipe called for regular onions

  I chose to use red ones)
  2-3 unit
• ground meat (beef or lamb)
  ⅓ lb
• rice
  ¼ cup
• butter
  1½ tbsp
• olive oil
  2 tbsp
• tomato paste
  2 tbsp
• red pepper paste (if you cannot find it

  use tomato paste)
  2 tbsp
• crushed dried sumac
  ⅓ cup
• dried mint flakes
  1 tsp
• oregano leaves
  1 tsp
• cumin
  1 tsp
• black pepper
  1 tsp
• or more crushed red pepper flakes
  1 tsp
• hot water
  1 cup
• salt
  1 unit