The Seemingly Infinite Variations of Sarma

[mike carey]

Although a Deli may be an appropriate place for food, the one here is reserved for other delectable morsels. Hence the food element of this Deli thread belongs elsewhere, and by 'elsewhere' I mean here in the Cooking Forum.

I had not heard of the Serbian and Croatian dish Sarma, so I googled it. Turns out that it is one version of a whole family of similar dishes (it's a Turkish word for 'wrapped') that includes stuffed vine leaves. It seems that in parts of the Balkans both types, vine and cabbage, are used depending on the season. For your culinary pleasure:

Sarma (food) - Wikipedia

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[MidwestGuy25]

One of my favorite versions is Romanian sarmale - slightly sour cabbage leaves stuffed with mince meat and smokey bacon, in a tomato sauce served with sour cream. Here's a recipe: https://www.jocooks.com/recipes/sarmale/

[Rudynate]

My aunt learned how to make cabbage rolls (galumpki) from a Polish neighbor and we clamored for them.  Hers were a filling of ground beef, rice, onion and green pepper wrapped in par-boiled cabbage leaves and cooked in a tomato sauce.   An old friend who spoke Polish told me that, in Poland, they are called galuptsi.