Lathok (Rice Mixture)

Burma Recipes
Ingredients Quantity
Rice 1 cup
Onions 500 gm
Garlic 2 pods
Dry prawns (roasted and powdered) 1/2 cup
Oil 1/2 cup
Red chillies 1
Lime 1/2
Cooked greens and vegetables as needed

Methods to Prepare:
  • Boil rice. Peel and slice onions and garlic and powder red chillies.
  • Fry sliced onions and garlic till brown. and drain.
  • Squeeze lime over fried onions and garlic and mix all ingredients with rice.
  • Pour in oil and cooked greens and vegetables.
  • Mix well and serve hot.

Tamarind Lethoka

Burma Recipes
Ingredients Quantity
Tender tamarind leaves a handful
Onions (sliced) 500 gm
Garlic (peeled and sliced) 10 pods
Dry prawns 1 cup
Oil 1/2 cup
Groundnut 2 tbsp
Red chillies 6
Salt to taste

Methods to Prepare:
  • Fry and drain onions and garlic. Keep aside. Powder red chillies.
  • Roast and powder prawns.
  • Keep all ingredients in a plate as for Balachaung. Mix with oil and eat.
  • Lathok (Rice Mixture)

Mok Kya lapphed

Burma Recipes
Ingredients Quantity
Onions 350 gm
Green Chillies 1
Lime 1/4
Sesame seeds 2 tbsp
Roasted Bengal gram 2 tbsp
Roasted lentils 2 tbsp
Garlic 2 pods
Grated copra of Fresh coconut 1 tbsp
Dry prawns 1/2 cup

Methods to Prepare:
  • Slice garlic and onions fine. Fry in oil till brown. Then drain and keep aside.
  • Roast and powder dry prawns.
  • Chop chillies fine.
  • Arrange each item separately in a plate, with the oil in which onions and garlic were fried in a cup in the centre.
Note: Balachaung is eaten with the fingers, taking a little of each item in a plate and mixing with a little oil.

Chicken Kauswey

Burma Recipes
Ingredients Quantity
Chicken 1.5 kg
Water 2 - 4 litre
Turmeric 1 tsp
Onions 1 kg
Garlic 4 flakes
Ginger 2 slices
Salt to taste
Chillies 4
Oil 1/2 cup
Coconut 1 (extract 3 cups milk)
Bengal gram powder 1 tbsp
Noodles 500 gm

Methods to Prepare:
  • Clean and joint chicken. Rub with turmeric.
  • Cook in 2 - 4 litres of water adding salt to taste till tender. Remove chicken.
  • Remove skin and bones. Crack bones and add to simmering stock.
  • Pound together 400 gm of onions, garlic, ginger and chillies. Rub over chicken.
  • Heat oil in a large pan till it smokes.
  • Slice remaining onions and add to smoking oil.
  • Fry sliced onions. Add chicken and brown.
  • Add strained stock and simmer.
  • Make a paste of gram powder and 1 cup water.
  • Add to chicken and cook for 10 - 15 minutes.
  • Add coconut milk last. Continue for a few minutes more.
  • Check for seasoning and serve hot, over boiled noodles.
Accompaniments:
  • 4 chopped hard-boiled eggs
  • Green onions
  • Sliced raw onions
  • 3 limes, quatered
  • Chilli powder

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