Myanmar
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Mohinga
Myanmar's breakfast of champions: rice noodles in a peppery catfish broth thickened with chickpea flour, dressed with crisp fritters, banana stem, eggs and lime. Ingredients: rice noodles, catfish, chickpea flour, lemong…
Lahpet Thoke (Tea Leaf Salad)
The salad found nowhere else: fermented tea leaves tossed with cabbage, tomatoes, crunchy beans, peanuts, sesame and dried shrimp — a stimulant you eat with your hands. Ingredients: lahpet (pickled tea leaves), cabbage,…
Shan Noodles
The Shan State's gentle bowl: flat rice noodles in a clear chicken or pork broth with a tomato-meat sauce, ground peanuts, and pickled mustard greens. Ingredients: flat rice noodles, chicken or pork mince, tomatoes, garl…
Burmese Chicken Curry
Burmese curry logic: meat simmered in an onion-ginger-garlic masala and its own oil, without coconut or heavy spice — the oil that rises is the sauce. Ingredients: chicken, onions (many), garlic, ginger, turmeric, paprik…
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