DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Biber Dolmasi
Turkish green peppers stuffed with rice, minced meat, tomatoes and herbs.
About Biber Dolmasi
The Turkish culture ministry presents Etli Biber Dolması as a nationwide meat-stuffed green-pepper dish. Its selected summer version combines ground meat and rice with tomato, onion, parsley, dill and mint.
Tomato paste gives the filling savoury depth alongside the fresh tomato. Onion and herbs supply aromatic notes, with black pepper and salt as the stated seasonings.
Small whole peppers hold the filling beneath tomato-slice caps. The peppers and rice become tender together, and the ministry describes hot service as a lunch or supper main dish.
Allergens in this recipe
Allergen details are not yet confirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Biber Dolmasi
Turkish ministry’s Etli Biber Dolması with ground meat and rice.
- Small green stuffing peppersBaseIngredient page not linked
- RiceFilling
- OnionAromatic
- ParsleyAromatic
- DillAromatic
- TomatoesFilling
- Medium-fat ground meatProtein
- Tomato pasteSeasoning
- WaterLiquid
- MargarineCooking medium
- SaltSeasoning
- MintAromatic
- Black pepperSeasoning
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Small green stuffing peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Exact pepper cultivar unspecified; no forced bell-pepper mapping
- Rice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Parsley: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Dill: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both minced filling tomato and tomato cap retained
- Medium-fat ground meat: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Animal species/fat blend unspecified
- Tomato paste: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Both filling and simmering water explicit
- Margarine: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Listed but no addition step supplied; full fat/emulsifier product formula unknown
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Mint: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader mint-leaf record; fresh/dried form and species unspecified
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
Origins & food traditions
The ministry identifies this meat-stuffed pepper recipe as prepared throughout Türkiye, usually in summer.
Countries
- Turkey
- SyriaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Turkish Cuisine
- Aleppine CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.