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Burmese Cuisine (Myanmar)

↳ from Yangon, Myanmar

A mix of Indian, Chinese and Thai influence, but with its own taste: sour, salty and nutty. Pickled tea leaf salad (laphet thoke) is unique.

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Specialties

History

Burma sits between India, China and Thailand. Rice, fermented fish, lots of salads and noodles formed its food, and tea leaves are eaten, not only drunk.

Ingredients

  • Rice
  • Rice noodles
  • Fish paste
  • Pickled tea leaves
  • Turmeric
  • Peanut oil
  • Chickpea flour

How it's made

  1. Cook curry with oil, onion, garlic and turmeric
  2. Serve with rice and many side dishes
  3. Make salads of pickled tea leaf, nuts and beans
  4. End with tea
to drink

What Myanmar drinks

Burmese milk tea, Myanmar beer, palm toddy

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