Halupki - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 medium head cabbage
1 lb. lean ground beef
1/2 c. rice
salt and pepper (season to taste)
1 tsp. garlic powder
1 egg
1 can tomato soup
1 large can tomatoes

Preparation

Choose cabbage (not too solid); pare around core and remove core.
In large pot, bring water to boil; preboil cabbage.
Leaves will fall off; remove leaves as they wilt.
Cool leaves; use paring knife to remove thick center ridge.
Mix next 5 ingredients together; place heaping tablespoon into center of leaf; roll up. Shred center small leaves of cabbage.
In bottom of pot, lay rolled cabbage on shredded cabbage.
Next, cover with mixture of tomato soup and tomatoes.
Bring to boil; reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour.
Serves 4.