Dolma is a family of stuffed dishes largely associated with Ottoman cuisine, mainly consisting of vegetables and leaves, and occasionally seafood, offal, fruits, and meats, that are hollowed out or wrapped and then filled with a mixture of rice, minced meat, herbs, and spices. The leaf-wrapped type can be specifically known as sarma, though colloquially dolma is used to cover both the stuffed-vegetable and leaf-wrapped forms.
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Origin Period, From (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the 15th century, when the Ottoman palace kitchens are believed to have invented the concept of stuffed vegetables; the Oxford Companion to Food and historian William Pokhlebkin instead argue an Armenian or Greek origin, so the attribution itself, not only the year, is contested. Origin RegionSourced to the subject's own accountOttoman Turkey (contested; an Armenian origin is also argued) 1 Origin Period, To (Year)Sourced to the subject's own accountMarks the 17th century, by which point Istanbul had 50 dedicated dolmaci cookshops, indicating dolma had become an established culinary category rather than a palace novelty. Classification
Dietary SuitabilitySourced to the subject's own accountContains Meat or Poultry 1 Sources
1. Dolma (Wikipedia)
WikipediaHistory, Origin
Although its exact origin is disputed, dolma is mainly associated with an array of stuffed vegetables that originated in Turkey during the Ottoman Empire.
History, Origin, palace kitchens
The concept is believed to have been invented in the Ottoman palace kitchens during the 15th century, where Ottoman chefs perfected the stuffing of vegetables.
Ottoman period, dolmaci cookshops
By the 17th century, Istanbul had 50 cookshops known as dolmaci that specialized in several stuffed vegetables.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolma (dietary-suitability)
It mainly includes vegetables and leaves, and occasionally seafood, offal, fruits, and meats, that are hollowed out or wrapped, then filled with a mixture of rice, minced meat, herbs, and spices.
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