Dolma recipe

Grape leaves stuffed with a spicy vegetarian rice filling. These are best when cooled and with extra lemon juice.

Meat Stuffed Grape Leaves (Dolmas or Dolmades) are a highly favored dish in many Mediterranean and Middle Eastern countries. In Turkey, it's called "Etli Yaprak Sarma" and is made with ground meat and rice enveloped in vine leaves. The filling for dolmas may vary by region or preference. Some recipes feature meat, while others cater to vegetarians. Cooking methods also differ, with some simmered in tomato sauce and others in a lemony broth. You can also use chard or cabbage leaves for…

Wondering how to make dolmades? This is the quintessential Greek recipe! Grape leaves stuffed with meat, rice, and herbs.

Delicious Iraqi Dolma, made with a variety of vegetables filled with rice, meat, and herbs and cooked in an irresistible sweet & tangy sauce!

This authentic Iraqi Dolma recipe may be a labour of love, but it is so worth it! If you ever wanted to be transported to Iraq through your taste buds, this is the recipe to try!

Ladies and gentlemen, here it is the great Dolma. Does this old recipe, whose origins are rooted in the former Ottoman Empire, need any introduction? It’s a traditional Balkan dish and yet for those who have never explored the Balkans its name may not say a lot. Dolma means “stuffed thing”, from verbal noun of the Turkish verb dolmak, ‘to be stuffed’. This … Continue reading "From the Vine with Love – Dolmades, Stuffed Grape Leaves"

Lamb stuffed grape leaves with avgolemono sauce. These Greek dolmas are filled with ground lamb,rice, and fresh herbs. They are swimming in a tangy egg-lemon avgolemono sauce.

Soğan Dolması (Sogan dolma) is one of the easiest beginner dolma recipes to try! or Stuffed onions dolma is a snap to roll and tastes amazing!

Sour cherry vine leaves

The word dolma, of Turkish 🇹🇷 origin, means "stuffed" or "filled". And that describes exactly what dolma is - a wide family of stuffed dishes, usually vegetables. Which dolma is your favorite?