Ground meat also be cooked in a sauce to make chilli con carne. "Keema" or "qeema" is used in a variety of dishes such as a stewed or fried curry dish of minced beef, mutton, or other meats with green peas or potatoes. It usually includes ghee/butter, onions, garlic, ginger, chilis, green peas and spices. "Keema" can be grilled on a skewer, and called "seekh" kebab, or used as a filling for samosas or naan. The word ultimately comes from the Turkic word "qıyma" meaning 'minced meat', and is thus related to the Persian "gheimeh", the Turkish "kıyma", and the Greek κιμάς.
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.