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Turkish Stuffed Grape Leaves – Zeytinyağlı Yaprak Sarma
Tender grape leaves rolled with herbed rice, pine nuts and currants — a classic Turkish meze served cold.
⏱ 110 min🔥 220 kcalHard
★4.8(11,200)
11 recipes using rice — Kebabs, mezze, baklava and the richness of Anatolian cooking.
Turkish cuisine is famous for its bold, distinctive flavours. These turkish rice recipes range from quick weeknight dishes ready in under 30 minutes to impressive weekend feasts. Each recipe includes exact ingredient quantities, step-by-step instructions, and full calorie counts per serving.
Tender grape leaves rolled with herbed rice, pine nuts and currants — a classic Turkish meze served cold.
Silky baked rice pudding with a caramelised golden skin — Turkey's most beloved everyday dessert.
Tender grape leaves stuffed with herbed rice, pine nuts and currants, braised in olive oil and lemon juice. A jewel of Turkish meze culture.
Silky Turkish rice pudding baked until the top caramelises into a golden-brown crust — one of the most beloved desserts in Turkish cuisine.
Turkey's extraordinary burnt milk pudding — a silky, rose-scented rice flour custard with a signature caramelised, almost charred underside.
Turkey's beloved stuffed vine leaves — tender grape leaves packed with herbed rice, currants, and pine nuts, steamed in olive oil and lemon.
A Black Sea treasure — fresh anchovies layered around a fragrant herbed rice pilaf and baked until the fish crust is golden and crispy.
Istanbul's iconic stuffed mussels — plump mussels filled with spiced rice, pine nuts, and currants, eaten standing up with a squeeze of lemon.
Turkish stuffed cabbage rolls — tender cabbage leaves wrapped around a spiced lamb and rice filling, braised in tomato sauce until meltingly soft.
Gaziantep's extraordinary lamb and rice soup — a fiery, red-tinged broth of pulled lamb, rice, and garlic, eaten for breakfast in the bazaar.
Turkish soup with tiny spiced meatballs and vegetables — light, aromatic, comforting.