Tomato Sour Cream Sauce for Stuffed Cabbage Rolls
A quick, flavorful sauce made from simple ingredients such as vegetables, sour cream and tomato paste. It is perfect for braising stuffed cabbage rolls, meatballs, patties or dumplings.
Updated : 29 September, 2026
Easy
About 10 min.
Ingredients
1
Onion
1
Carrot
150 grams
Sour cream
2 tablespoon
Tomato paste
2
Garlic
20 grams
Vegetable oil
300 milliliters
Water
to taste
Greens
to taste
Salt
to taste
Dry spices
Table
Table of volume measurements:
- teaspoon - 5 ml
- dessert spoon - 10 ml
- tablespoon - 20 ml
- glass - 200 ml
Preparation
Step 1
Prepare the ingredients. Choose medium-sized onion and carrot. Sour cream of any fat percentage will work; higher-fat sour cream will make the sauce richer and thicker.
Step 2
Peel the onion and carrot. Chop the onion and coarsely grate the carrot.
Step 3
Heat a frying pan and add a little vegetable oil. Add the prepared vegetables and cook for 3–4 minutes, stirring so they do not burn, until slightly softened.
Step 4
Add the tomato paste and chopped garlic. You can finely chop the garlic with a knife or press it through a garlic press. Cook for another 2 minutes.
Step 5
Add the sour cream and season with salt and your preferred spices. Ground black pepper and dried basil work especially well. Mix everything thoroughly.
Step 6
Pour in the hot water and add the chopped fresh herbs. Mix well and bring to a boil. The sauce is now ready.
Step 7
Place the stuffed cabbage rolls in the tomato sauce, cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for approximately 30 minutes.
Step 8
Serve the stuffed cabbage rolls with plenty of the tomato sour cream sauce and your preferred side dish.
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