Directions

1. Rinse the cabbage and chop it finely.
2. Clean the carrots and grate them.
3. Put on a blender the tomatoes, the tomato puree, the onion, salt, pepper, garlic cloves and sugar and blend until a pulp is created.
4. Heat the olive oil on a saucepan and pour the tomato mixture into it. Simmer for 5 minutes.
5. Pour the cabbage, the carrot and the lemon rind into the saucepan and let the vegetables become tender by simmering for 10 minutes. No need to add water.
6. Then rinse the rice and pour it into the saucepan. Stir, add 1 cup of water and the it become tender.
7. Add more water if required.
8. In the meantime prepare the yogurt sauce by mixing the yogurt with one spoon of olive oil and paprika.
9. Cool and serve with yogurt sauce