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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Cookery) plural of
dolma ; -- sometimes used as a singular form.
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- noun Plural form of
dolma .
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- noun well-seasoned rice (with nuts or currants or minced lamb) simmered or braised in stock
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Examples
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The dolmas were the best I’ve ever tasted—the rice was flavorful and tender and spiked with dried bits of fruit, which lent a slightly sweet taste to the filling.
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Dolmades, also called dolmas, are grape leaves stuffed with rice and sometimes meat, and they're packed in olive oil and lemon juice.
Archive 2009-05-01 2009
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Dolmades, also called dolmas, are grape leaves stuffed with rice and sometimes meat, and they're packed in olive oil and lemon juice.
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Williams College fed us, so if you thought about showing up and didn't, you missed cookies! and dolmas! and other things.
something that's so close and still so far out of reach 2009
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Pheasant filled Dolmas (Grape Leaves): Being a large fan of dolmas, I was pleased but a little underwhelmed, since I was holding large expectations.
Napa Rose 08' 2008
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Pheasant filled Dolmas (Grape Leaves): Being a large fan of dolmas, I was pleased but a little underwhelmed, since I was holding large expectations.
Archive 2008-01-01 2008
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Or you could wrap minced fish in something, perhaps vine leaves like dolmas or dough, to make parcels.
May recipe: Fishcakes with asparagus Carla 2009
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Considering the ubiquity of wine, grape leaves for something like dolmas must have been available.
May recipe: Fishcakes with asparagus Carla 2009
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She helped Allie set out hummus, dolmas, raita, fruit salad, and an Asian kind of tortellini with hot peanut sauce.
MORE FROM GINNY BATES: ALLIE AND MARGIE Maggie Jochild 2007
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My friend the Human Rights Lawyer had been in the Yucatan since before John Yoo's torture memo of 2003 was released, and I was filling her in on the latest as we sat on a plush sofa and ate dolmas and hummus; we were in the north Berkeley hills in a prosperous neighborhood.
Dove's Eye View: 2008
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