Dolma barley, bread or kasha for the rice. There are many varieties of the "zeytinyağlı" (with olive oil) and "sağyağlı" (with clarified butter) "dolmas". The "zeytinyağlı" dolmas are usually stuffed with rice and served cold, but variations with meat based fillings are served warm. The origins of stuffed vine leaves are unknown, but the dish was popular throughout the Ottoman Empire and can be found in many regional cuisines today. Sephardim call them "yaprakes finos", and they are known as "dolma bargh" in Iran, "dolmades" in Greece, "yalanchi sarma" in Armenia, and "yerba" in Syria. Some Israelis may use leaves picked
Stuffed eggplant of different flavors of the dish by region like tamarind, date, etc., also there is a wider use of spices than there is in Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan. The ingredients include eggplant, minced meat, rice, bulgur, onion, tomato paste, sumac, tamarind juice, lemon juice, date honey, allspice, cinnamon, nutmeg, pine nuts, almonds, walnuts, tomato, parsley, mint, salt, black pepper and olive oil. In Italy, stuffed eggplant are cooked in oven, and can be filled with mozzarella cheese (in Rome), or with minced meat (in Sicily). In Sicily, eggplants of the violet variety are used. Stuffed eggplant Stuffed eggplants (, Iran: