Sarma

/sɑːmə/

/sɑːɹmə/

[noun]

Sarma

[NOUN]

a stuffed leafy vegetable dish with meat and rice, typically cooked in a tomato-based sauce

synonyms : dolma

filled cabbage leaves

filled grape leaves

What is "sarma"?

arma are stuffed cabbage leaves that originate from the cuisine of Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Softened cabbage leaves enfold a highly seasoned ground meat and rice filling, with spices like dill, parsley and mint infusing everything with an aromatic lift. Traditionally served warm, sarma offer a medley of textures - the yielding cabbage envelopes, the hearty filling and aromatic broth.

Examples

1. This dish was called sarma, after its wrapping process.

2. If you look at the best documentary nominations last year, Honeyland, For Sarma, I think those opportunities to rethink the center.

3. In fact, an entire subset of Ottoman cooking focused on dolma, which are stuffed foods, and sarma, which are wrapped foods.

4. Next up sarma, which is smoked ground lamb with rice wrapped in cabbage and grape leaves.