What is "dolma"

dolma \dolma\ n.; pl. dolmas or dolmades. (Cookery) a dish composed of well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants of minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock, stuffed into tomatoes or green peppers, or wrapped in grape leaves; -- popular in the near east.

Syn: stuffed grape leaves.

n. Any of a family of stuffed vegetable dishes.

Dolma is a family of stuffed vegetable dishes common in the Middle East and surrounding regions including the Balkans, the Caucasus, Russia and Central Asia. Common vegetables to stuff include tomato, pepper, onion, zucchini, eggplant, and garlic. The stuffing may or may not include meat. Meat dolmas are generally served warm, often with tahini, egg-lemon or garlic yogurt sauce; meatless ones are generally served cold. Stuffed vegetables are also common in Italian cuisine, where they are named ripieni ("stuffed").

Dishes of grape or cabbage leaves wrapped around a filling are also called dolma or yaprak dolma ('leaf dolma') in many cuisines, or may be distinguished as sarma.

Dolma is a Tibetan children's film directed and written by Jim Sanjay. It is of 17 minutes duration that was shot in the Tibetan Settlement Camp in Bylakuppe 85 km from Mysore in Karnataka. All the actors and voices used in this film are Tibetan. Deden plays the main character of a small innocent girl named Dolma.

• Dolma, a family of stuffed vegetable dishes
• Dolma (film), a 2012 Tibetan film
• Sogan-dolma, a traditional Bosnian dish

• Alan Dawa Dolma (born 1987), female Chinese singer of Tibetan ethnicity, active in China and Japan
• Dölma Gyari (born 1964), Tibetan politician in exile
• Sonam Dolma Brauen (born 1953), Tibetan-Swiss painter