Party line taken with state dish (5)

I believe the answer is:

dolma

'dish' is the definition.
(type of European meal)

'party line taken with state' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'line' becomes 'l'.
'taken with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'state' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Massachusetts**).
'do'+'l'+'ma'='DOLMA'

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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