Dolma rice based filling. Egyptians call this main course mahshi (also spelled mashi or mashy). It is stuffed vine leaves but traditionally, cabbage is used in the winter and vine leaves are used in the summer. According to Anthony Khatchaturian, a member of the Armenian community in Kolkata, India, the Bengali dish "potoler dorma" (stuffed gourd) was adapted from meat-stuffed vine leaves. "Mülebbes dolma" is a historic recipe from the Ottoman era. "Halep dolması"—named for Aleppo—is a dish of eggplants stuffed with a meat and rice filling that is flavored with spices and either sour plum flavoring syrup or lemon juice.
Stuffed bitter melon soup Stuffed bitter melon soup Stuffed bitter melon soup or stuffed bitter gourd soup is a soup in Chinese cuisine which is popular in Asia. Its main ingredient is bitter melon with some different stuffed ingredients depending on who made it. The most used stuffed ingredient is pork. Bitter melon has many names depending on the country that call them, for example, Gourd melon, ‘Mara’ in Thai, and ‘Leung Gwa’, which means ‘the cooling melon’ in Cantonese. Bitter melon is in season in the summer while dried for off-season. The main ingredient is bitter melon. Most of the stuffed ingredient are