Recipe: rice dolmas

Akien has a nice recipe for lamb dolmas, but many times I don't want to go through the hassle of cooking them... and I have a soft spot for the vegetarian dolmas common at Mediterranean restaurants. So I decided to look up a recipe for them.

Holy cow, said I, these recipes look like a skill test for prospective daughters-in-law (rolling raw rice into grape leaves so that they hold together *and* don't burst open when cooked?) The single time I tried it all I got was a royal mess. I thought, there has to be an easier way to make this tasty food... so I set out to find one. Borrowing heavily from my basic understanding of sushi, I found a method I'm happy with.

( Here it is )