Sarma (food)

Sarma is a dish of grape, cabbage, monk's rhubarb or chard leaves rolled around a filling usually based on minced meat, or a sweet dish of filo dough wrapped around a filling often of various kinds of chopped nuts. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to the Balkans and Central Europe.

Etymology

The word sarma is derived from the Turkish verb sarmak, which means 'to wrap' or 'to roll'.

Varieties

Sarma is a common dish in Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Egypt, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Ukraine, Poland, Russia, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Belarus, Moldova, Armenia, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Iran, Yemen, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Sudan, Morocco, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad, Somalia, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Comoros, Seychelles, Mauritius, Reunion, Mayotte, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, Cape Verde, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, South Sudan, Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Mozambique, Zambia, Malawi, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Samoa, Tonga, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Nauru, Marshall Islands, Palau, Micronesia, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, Wallis and Futuna, Pitcairn Islands, Hawaii, Easter Island, Galapagos Islands, Juan Fernandez Islands, Desventuradas Islands, Malpelo Island, Clipperton Island, Revillagigedo Islands, Guadalupe Island, Cedros Island, Angel de la Guarda Island, Tiburon Island, Bahia de los Angeles, Loreto, Baja California Sur, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, 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Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, San Jose del Cabo, Cabo Pulmo National Park, Cabo San Lucas, [[Todos Santos, Baja California Sur

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  Yaprak sarma, Kayseri style
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  Dost Evi Sarma
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  Drob sarma
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  Sarmale with polenta and sour cream
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  Postna sarma (vegetarian sarma, Cuisine of Serbia)