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Myanmar Laphet Thoke လက္ဖက္သုတ္

Pickled Tea Leaves Salad (Laphet Thote) One of the famous side-dishes of Myanmar is la phet thote (လက္ဖက္သုတ္). La Phet means pickled tea leaves and thote means salad. So if you translate in English, it’ll be “Pickled Tea Leaves Salad”. Lahpet, also spelt laphet, is Burmese for fermented or pickled tea. Burma is one of very few countries where tea is eaten as well as drunk. Its pickled tea is unique in the region, and is not only regarded as the national delicacy but plays a significant role in Burmese society. Laphet or pickled tea leaves with a dash  of oil and served with sesame seeds, fried garlic and roasted peanuts, is another popular snack typical of Myanmar. It has a mixed taste of light sweet and bitter. These tealeaves are also a kind of herbal leaves and largely grown in Palaung Hills in North east of Myanmar. The tea leaves like cool weather thriving at a place of high and shady trees at a place of 4 thousand feet high above sea level. The tea sprouts a...
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Burmese Tofu Tutorial - Chickpea/Yellow Split Pea Flour version

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Myanma Mohinga

Ingredients 1. Rice Noodle - 1 viss 2. Cat-fish - 15 ticals 3. Rice-powder - 1 packet 4. Peanut - 1 packet 5.  Onion  - 30 ticals 6. Garlic - 5 ticals 7.  Fish  Sauce  - 2 table spoons 8.Oil - 10 ticals 9. Coriander - 1 tea spoon 10. Chilli powder- 1 tea spoon 11. Ginger - 1 lump 12.  Lemon  Grass  - 5 pieces 13. Lemon - 1 No 14. Egg - 4 Nos 15. Salt - 1 tea spoon 16. Turmerio - 1 tea spoon 17. Fried Chilli Powder - 1 tea spoon   How to make Myanma Mohinga Boil the eggs, peel off the shells and cut into small pieces. Mix the rice powder with water into a mixture. Pound the peanuts. Peel the onions, garlic and cut into small pieces. First of all, clean the fish and boil it. Then peel off the skin and flesh from the bones. Put some oil in a pot, heat it. When the oil is hot, put some garlic, onion,  chili  powder together with the peeled fish. Then mix up all for sometimes. After about 5 minutes, put t...
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