Soğan dolması (stuffed onions with aromatic rice and lamb)

Name: Soğan dolması (stuffed onions with aromatic rice and lamb)
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 7 servings
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 6 pc onions; 200 g minced lamb; 230 g rice; parsley; 2 tsp dried mint; 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses; 3 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tbsp red pepper paste; 90 ml water; 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp salt; ½ tsp black pepper

Baked stuffed onions filled with aromatic rice, minced lamb and a tangy pomegranate molasses–tomato sauce, served with garlicky yoghurt.

30 min 312 kcal/serving serves 7

312kcal9gprotein44gcarbs11gfat

Ozlem WarrenView the original on ozlemsturkishtable.com More from Ozlem Warren on Mello

🧅onions

🥩minced lamb

🍚rice

🌿parsley

🌿dried mint

🍯pomegranate molasses

🍅tomato paste

🫑red pepper paste

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About Ozlem Warren

Turkish food writer and cooking teacher specialising in home-style Turkish cuisine

Ozlem Warren is a Turkish-born food writer and cooking teacher known for her website and cookbook Ozlem's Turkish Table. Originally from Antakya, she has spent years documenting and teaching the home cooking of Turkey to audiences abroad, drawing on family recipes and regional traditions.

Her cooking centres on classic Turkish home dishes such as mezze, stuffed vegetables, pilafs, and slow-cooked stews, built on olive oil, yogurt, tomatoes, and fresh herbs like parsley, mint, and dill. She favours traditional techniques and regional variations over shortcuts, and often explains the cultural background of a dish alongside the recipe itself.

23 recipes on Mello, imported from ozlemsturkishtable.com, mostly Turkish and Turkish cuisine.