stuffed vegetables
Hollowed, then filled
Stuffed vegetables are vegetables hollowed out and filled with a savory mixture, then baked or braised.
Common choices include bell peppers, tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and grape leaves.
Fillings typically combine rice, ground meat, herbs, and spices, varying by regional cuisine: Greek stuffed peppers, Lebanese stuffed grape leaves.
The dish appears across Mediterranean, Middle Eastern, and Eastern European cooking traditions.
- dolmaStuffed leaf parcels
- vine leavesClimbing plant's foliage
- grape leavesEdible vineyard foliage
- peppersSeasons or bombards repeatedly
- zucchiniElongated green summer squash
tomatoes · rice · filling · Mediterranean · Middle Eastern · Turkish · Greek · hollowed · baked · savory · minced meat · ground beef · pine nuts · herbs · fresh herbs · onion · garlic · olive oil
- Turkish foodbaklava, borek, doner, dolma, kebab
- iftar foodsdates, samosa, biryani, kebabs, lentil soup
- Middle Eastern foodhummus, falafel, pita, shawarma, tabbouleh
- Provencal foodratatouille, bouillabaisse, aioli, tapenade, salade nicoise
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