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Ingredients
Filling
¾ cup olive oil
4 medium onions, finely chopped
Salt
100g pine nuts
500g medium grain rice, rinsed and drained
400g tomatoes, diced
100g currants
1 tsp chilli flakes (or to taste)
Salt and black pepper (to taste)
½ bunch dill, finely chopped
¼ bunch mint leaves, finely chopped
½ bunch parsley, finely chopped
6 small eggplants
6 small red capsicums
4 medium tomatoes
6 small zucchinis (white or grey)
Preparation
To prepare filling; pour ½ cup of the olive oil into a large pan. Add onions, salt and pine nuts. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring frequently with a wooden spoon until softened. Stir in rice and continue to stir for a few minutes. Add tomato, currants, chilli, and salt and pepper and cook for a few more minutes.
Add enough boiling water to cover rice then stir in herbs. Reduce heat to simmering, cover pan with a lid and cook for about 10 minutes until the liquid has been absorbed. The rice won't be completely cooked. Allow the mixture to cool.
Meanwhile, wash eggplant, capsicum, tomatoes and zucchini. Cut off the stem end of the eggplant and scoop out the centre using a small melon baller, leaving a shell about 3mm thick. Cut the tops from the capsicums but leave one side attached like a lid. Remove the seeds. Do the same with the tomatoes, scooping out the flesh. Cut off the stem ends of the zucchini and scoop out inside with a teaspoon, as for eggplant.
Fill the vegetables with rice mixture and arrange in a baking dish fitting them in snugly so that they stay upright. Decorate tops of eggplant and zucchini with slices of cherry tomato. Pour over remaining olive oil and enough warm water until 25mm deep in base of pan. Cover with a lid and cook on moderate heat for about 20 minutes. Serve.
If you enjoyed this Stuffed vegetables recipe (dolma) then browse more Turkish recipes, vegetarian recipes and our most popular hainanese chicken rice recipe.
Turkish Restaurants
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| Restaurant | Book Online | Suburb | |
| 1. | Turkish Delight | Belconnen | |
| 2. | Turkish Pide House | Jamison | |
| 3. | Pasha's | Hobart | |
| 4. | Efes One Turkish Restaurant | Albion | |
| 5. | Pinarbasi Restaurant | Coburg | |
| 6. | The Kilim Turkish Restaurant | Richmond | |
| 7. | Erciyes Restaurant | Redfern | |
| 8. | Sahara Turkish Restaurant Burwood | Burwood | |
| 9. | Ottoman Cuisine | Barton | |
| 10. | Merhaba Turkish Cuisine Restaurant | Auburn |
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