The Iraqi Dolma
The Middle Eastern cuisine is one that can be easily be identified among so many. Each country in the Middle East has a particular way of cooking the same dishes, however share staple ingredients such as vegetables, olive oil, rice, lamb and spices such as turmeric and garlic. To be more explicit, a hummus dish will have the same or staple ingredients in both Iraqi and Israel, but will not have the same exact taste due to the method used to make it or the usage of specific ingredients proper to each country. Among all the food types shared among all Middle Eastern countries, Dolma is one of the main ones that shows a particular difference in Iraqi and is a favorite in my household.
In fact, Dolma is a traditional well-known
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Thousands of miles away from our country, this dish is still available in the United States, but has lost some of its authenticity, meaning the dolma bought at the Iraqi grocery store or restaurants is different from the original version, forcing us to make our own. Growing up in a middle-class family in Iraq, I remember my grandmother cooking this dish on Sundays after the family reunited from church. I have watched her several times complete all the cooking steps with specific proportions, ingredients, utensils. She even refused to cook it on the stove and preferred the wood fireplace. Making dolma represented a ritual for my grandmother who even used to make it clear to us that all the steps taken are necessary to make the dish as authentic and closed to how her ancestors used to make it. My mother personally makes the dish from scratch and even plants her own grapes leaves in the garden to remain close to the culture as much as possible. I have learned from my grandmother and mother that the foods we enjoy eating so much were part of our identity and it was important for a stranger tasting a dolma made in our household to recognize that it was an Iraqi
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