Stuffed mallow
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| Region or state | Turkey, Balkan, Levant |
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| Serving temperature | Hot |
Stuffed mallow (Turkish: Ebegümeci sarması;[1] Hebrew: עלי חלמית ממולאים, romanized: Aley Ḥalmith Meemou'laim) is a generic name for dishes made of mallow leaves, stuffed with meat (lamb) and rice, or, more rarely, rice only.[2][3] Other names are Mallow Sarma or Mallow Dolma. It is mostly popular in Turkey, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, and Palestine but is also known in the Balkans, especially in Bosnia and Herzegovina, where it may be served with mashed potatoes and yogurt.
Name and Etymology
[edit]Mallow itself is called many names and the names differ between regions, in Arabic, it is sometimes known as Khubeza (Arabic: خبيزة), and so stuffed mallow can be referred to as stuffed khubeza.[2][4][5][6]
Popularity
[edit]Stuffed mallow leaves are popular across West Asia and Eastern Europe. Stuffed Khobeza, filled with rice, is popular in the Levant, as well as other regions such as Greece,[7] it is especially popular in the Gaza Strip due to the difficulty to access food, where it is used in dishes as an alternative to grape leaves, which would normally be stuffed and cooked.[2][8][9]
Stuffed mallow is popular among Kurds and the Kurdish diaspora.[3][6]
See also
[edit]- List of stuffed dishes
- Stuffed leaves
- Khubeza patties
- Cabbage roll
- Mulukhiyah
- Salvia hierosolymitana
References
[edit]- ^ "Foraging for Mallow". 4 April 2010.
- ^ a b c Hubbard, Ben; Bilal, Shbair (7 April 2024). "To Battle Wartime Hunger, Gazans Turn to a Humble Leafy Green (Published 2024)". Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Preserving Kurdish culture in America through botany". www.rudaw.net. 6 Sep 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Zbeedat, Nagham. "Khubeza, the Wild Plant Palestinians in Gaza Are Foraging for Amid Soaring Hunger and War". Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ "Family Food Stories | ANU". Museum of the Jewish People. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ a b אליהו, מילי (17 March 2021). "סופר-פוד בחצר הבית: מרק, קציצות וממולאים נפלאים מעלי חוביזה" [Superfood in the backyard: soup, meatballs, and wonderful fillings made from khubiza leaves]. Ynet (in Hebrew). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ جمعة, علاء (1 Mar 2023). "ماذا يجب أن تعرف عن نبتة الخبيزة وفوائدها المذهلة! – DW – 2021/3/1". dw.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ حديدي, صبحي (10 March 2024). "خبيزة غزّة وخريطة نتنياهو | صبحي حديدي". القدس العربي (in Arabic). Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ درباس, ناهد (26 Jan 2017). "موسم البقوليات في فلسطين: علت وخبيزة وأشياء أخرى". Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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