Name: Swiss Chard Stuffed with Chicken (Tavuklu Pazi Sarma)
Yield: 8 servings (makes about 20 sarmas)
Cuisine: Turkish
Ingredients: 500 grams chicken drumsticks; 1½ kilograms Swiss chard; 1 teaspoon salt; 2 cups (300 grams) canned mixed vegetables (potato, carrot, and green peas; see note); 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; 1½ cups (50 grams) dill, finely chopped; ½ cup (100 milliliters) olive oil (or any vegetable oil); 3 cups (700 milliliters) water; 2 cups (325 grams) tomato puree; 2 large onions (500 grams total); 6 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cups (200 grams) orzo

Preparation info

8
servings

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

The Cuisine of Life

By Center for International Private Enterprise

Published 2019

About

These stuffed chard rolls are a food for mourning: Meskhetian Georgians prepare rolled Swiss chard for the guests who travel from afar to pay their respects at a funeral; friends and relatives similarly prepare the dish to bring to those at the funeral parlor. Fatma first tried them when she visited a friend — she loved the dish so much that she now regularly makes them at home.