Sarma (food) Sarma (food) Sarma (from Turkish word "sarmak", meaning "to wrap") is a dish of vine, cabbage, monk's rhubarb or chard leaves rolled around a filling usually based on a combination of grains, like bulgur or rice, and minced meat. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to Southeastern Europe. Stuffed vine leaves without meat are sometimes called "yalancı dolma", which means "liar's dolma" in Turkish. "Vişneli yalancı dolması" is a variation of stuffed vine leaves where the rice is seasoned with cinnamon, allspice and mint. The dolmas are slowly cooked together with
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