Dolma: Delightful rolled and stuffed delicacies, a recipe and a question: is it Turkish or Greek?

Dolma is a dish of rice rolled with grape leaves and there are many different varieties according to region.
We were in İzmir, the Pearl of Aegean, to taste the most delicious dolma. We enjoyed the taste of Dolma with Aegean olive oil in Urla. We also got an Aegean-style Dolma recipe from our chef and discovered whether the origin of Dolma is Turkish or Greek.
Ingredients
· 500 gr grape leaves
· 600 gr rice
· 1 bundle of parsley
· 1 bundle of peppermint
· 1 bundle of dill
· 2-3 onions
· 5-6 tomatoes
· 1 lemon
· salt, black pepper, olive oil
Instructions
1. Boil the grape leaves in water for 4-5 minutes and let them drip dry.Stacking them on an upturned bowl makes this easier. Finely chop the onions,parsley, dill, mint and tomatoes. Add half of the lemon juice and season withsalt, pepper and olive oil to your taste. Add the rice and give it a good mix.
2. Take one grape leaf and put about two teaspoons of the filling on it. Thiscould be more or less depending on the size of the leaf. First fold in thesides to prevent the filling from falling out.
3. Then roll it tightly and start stacking them into a pot. Once the dolmahave been neatly placed into the pot, pour the other half of the lemon juiceover them and some more olive oil. Fill the pot with water until it barelycovers the dolma and put an upside down plate over them to keep them in place. Bringthe water to a boil and then reduce the heat to low. Let them cook for 40-45minutes.
4. The dolma are done when the rice is cookedthrough and the veins of the leaves have softened. These can be eaten warm, butthey’ll taste best once they have cooled off.
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[@gwadartravelfoodlover6139]

Love it 😘

[@precursors]

Dolma literally translates to “stuffed”. And we use “dolma” for stuffed peppers, stuffed onions, stuffed tomatoes etc. If it is a wrap, then we say “Sarma”, which literally translates to “wrapped”. So the “dolma” in this video, which is a wrap of grape leaf is actually called “Sarma” actually. During Ottoman Empire, this food also became widely popular in the Balkans where they call it Sarma/Sarmale/Sarmal etc.

[@beyazkartal9807]

Ofcourse dolma is turkish. Because dolma turkish name. Put inside something we call dolma. Dolma kalem for example. Recargeable something also we say dolma. Dolum tesisi for example means recharging place.

[@rabianazir1785]

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[@skrigged9270]

Read a book called الطبيخ Al-Tabikh it is an arabic book made during the abassid caliphite ( 300 years before the ottomans existed) , it is a very big book and it mentions most of the dishes and recipies that were used back then to be served to the caliphs .. if you read it you will realize 90% of the turkish cuisine is actually taken and claimed from the arabian cuisine during the ottoman rule but with changed names .. such as kanafeh ( one of the top 10 most delicious sweets in the world , it was made in syria to be served to the umayyad caliphs during the umayyad rule ) and kebab and maklobah and shawerma ( some letters have been changed during the ottoman empire’s rule ) alot of dishes especially from the Levantinian and the egyptian cuisine were claimed ( or stolen) by the turks during the ottoman rules .
The book is الطبيخ - Al-Tabikh , Written by Mohammed bin hasan bin Mohammed al katib al baghdadi , during the abassid rule 300 years before the ottoman existence .

[@skrigged9270]

Kebab originates from the Semitic root k-b-b, meaning "to roast meat", with the oldest form found in Akkadian as kabābu meaning "to burn".

[@skrigged9270]

Even dolma originates in sumeria when people used to stuff vegetables though its name is turkish, it was only named that way during ottoman rule. It dates back to more than 2000bc before turks ruled which means its originally an iraqi dish.

[@bugrasen9316]

@@skrigged9270 it’s turkish.

[@loweman25]

I've never eaten dolma with a fork

[@hassanahsan5872]

💥💥🖤

[@nikosmak186]

btw in history they made dolma in bc times and now turks claim dolma they have only the name the name sounds turkish but not the recipe

[@asiaansari7510]

Turkish

[@skrigged9270]

Read a book called الطبيخ Al-Tabikh it is an arabic book made during the abassid caliphite ( 300 years before the ottomans existed) , it is a very big book and it mentions most of the dishes and recipies that were used back then to be served to the caliphs .. if you read it you will realize 90% of the turkish cuisine is actually taken and claimed from the arabian cuisine during the ottoman rule but with changed names .. such as kanafeh ( one of the top 10 most delicious sweets in the world , it was made in syria to be served to the umayyad caliphs during the umayyad rule ) and kebab and maklobah and shawerma ( some letters have been changed during the ottoman empire’s rule ) alot of dishes especially from the Levantinian and the egyptian cuisine were claimed ( or stolen) by the turks during the ottoman rules .
The book is الطبيخ - Al-Tabikh , Written by Mohammed bin hasan bin Mohammed al katib al baghdadi , during the abassid rule 300 years before the ottoman existence .

[@skrigged9270]

Kebab originates from the Semitic root k-b-b, meaning "to roast meat", with the oldest form found in Akkadian as kabābu meaning "to burn".

[@skrigged9270]

Even dolma originates in sumeria when people used to stuff vegetables though its name is turkish, it was only named that way during ottoman rule. It dates back to more than 2000bc before turks ruled which means its originally an iraqi dish.

[@inegollu487]

@@skrigged9270 i arabs are so *****

[@nihil_hd1598]

​@@skrigged9270 im pretty sure many arabic foods arent arabic in origin

[@estegenetlegessekerenasa2933]

i think it is a libanize / LEBANON

[@ldlpdlddo]

no way to be a lebanon food