grape leaves

one Jar of grape leaves from any Arabic store and the best kind is SHAHIA is a yellow label.
need to soak the leaves in hot water for an hour or so to wash the test of salty water.
the filling
for the one jar and if you are using half just mix the half of the mix and don't wash the other half of the grape leaves, keep it in the refrigerator in their own water.
1- 2 lbs of Chuck ground meat
2- 1 1/2 cup of rice long grain okay
3- 1 big onion chopped fine.
4- 2 tbs butter
salt and black paper to test
mix really well

3-4 cloves of garlic, those goes in the bottom of the pot

now to rap the grape leave.
in a big plate open the grape leave the soft side down and the open side facing you
take some of the mix and roll it, put on the grape leaves close to open side facing you.
start folding each open side covering the mix then roll the side to close the sides now start rolling the leave toward the pointed side you need to wrap really tight so does not open when you cook it.
before you put the grape leave in the pot put 2 tbs of butter and the garlic cloves in the bottom of the pot
so keep wrapping to and lining them in the pot in rows over the butter and the garlic, then start stacking one after the other till you finch the grape leaves and the mix,

cooking,
Cover the grape leaves with water put anther tbs of butter on the top.
bring water to boil.
add 2 or 3 tbs of lime juice to boiling water.
turn the heat down to low. and cook it for may be an hour on low heat.
serve it warm or any way you like it.