Grape Leaves
Vegetable☀️ Peak in summer
Used in 15 of 203 cuisines (7%)
Leaves of the grapevine, often used in Mediterranean cuisine for wrapping fillings.
Where it comes from
Wrapping food in grape leaves is an ancient Levantine and Mediterranean practice, the vine's young leaves brined to keep through the year for the dolma traditions of the Ottoman world and beyond.
In the kitchen
Brined and pliable, they wrap rice-and-herb or meat fillings into dolma, simmered until tender.
Across cuisines
Cypriot
Grape leaves — wrapped around rice, pork, and mince in lemon for koupepia (Cypriot dolmades). Source: Wikipedia (Dolma).
Nutrition (per 100g)
~56kcalCal
~2.9gProtein
~0.2gFat
~11.5gCarbs
~3.9gFiber
AI-estimated; model and run unavailable.
