The distinctive cuisine of Malta has a long and rich repertoire of dishes, the best known of which are:

Starters / Nibbles

ebbu Mimli (Stuffed Olives)Large green pitted olives filled with a piquant mixture of chopped anchovy, caper and breadcrumbs.

Faola Bajda bit-tewm u it-tursin (Beans with parsley, garlic and olive oil) Large dried white beans previously soaked overnight simmered till cooked, dressed with finely minced garlic, chopped parsley and olive oil and served cold. Flaked canned tuna (tonn ta-ejt) or salt cured tuna (tonn miela) and black olives may be added.

Fritturi Tal-Qaqo (Artichoke Fritters) Floured and fried artichoke hearts, previously poached with olive oil and garlic, dipped in a batter of flour mixed with parsley and salted anchovy or garlic and deep fried. Vegetable fritters are also made of slices of pumpkin, kohlrabi, zucchini, aubergine or long gourd (qara’ twil) as well as with cauliflower florets and even wedges of Roma or curly endive lettuce. The vegetables are usually raw though they may have been previously parboiled or cooked, as with the artichokes.

Fritturi Tal-Makku (Whitebait Fritters) Fresh whitebait are dipped in a flour, chopped parsley and minced garlic mix and deep fried in small handfuls. Served with lemon wedges.

Bigilla (Bean paste or dip) Bigilla is a traditional bean paste. It is made with a type of dried bean called ful tal-irba, similar to those used for Egyptian Ful Medames- The beans are soaked for 24 hours, rinsed and cooked until they are very soft. Subsequently they are mashed and mixed with salt, pepper, olive oil, crushed garlic and chopped parsley. Chili is optional. Usually served with traditional Maltese ship’s biscuits called Galletti or oba tal-Malti drizzled with olive oil.

“Angels on Horseback”In British cuisine, oysters or (sometimes scallops) wrapped in bacon and grilled are called “Angels on Horseback” while “Devils on horseback” are grilled bacon-wrapped prunes, two savouries originating in Victorian times. In Malta the local version consists of small grilled, pieces of liver wrapped in bacon.

Bebbux (Snails) Snails simmered in red wine, Lacto (a local ale), and Kinnie with mint, basil and marjoram. Often served with Ajjoli sauce or Salsa adra, see below.

Soppa (Soup)

Minestra (Thick vegetable soup)

The start of many Maltese meals is soup. Traditionally minestra is a hearty soup combining numerous fresh vegetables and one or more pulses like beans, chick peas and split peas, accompanied by a slice of crusty Maltese bread, oba. This dish is eaten all year round, but usually preferable in winter as a healthy, warming one dish dinner.

Kusksu (Broad Bean & Pasta Soup)

Another meal-in-a-soup, the essential ingredients are a form of small pasta beads called kusksu, which give it a particular texture, and fresh broad beans, cooked with onions and tomato paste. Some families also add another item (fresh peas or potatoes or gbejniet or small calamari) to the dish. The pasta is similar in shape to Sardinian Fregula but is not the same as North African couscous, which in Tunisia is called Kusksi or sometimes Kusksu. For many this soup is associated with Good Friday. It is a spring favorite, since that is the time when broad beans are in season.

Soppa ta l-armla (Widow’s soup)

So named because of the tradition of neighbours supporting poor widows living in their neighbourhood by sharing produce or meals with them. This vegetable soup is a thinner version of Minestra (see above), rounded off with fresh bejniet which melt into the hot soup. Usually raw eggs are added at the end and when they are just set, the soup is ready. A common variation makes the soup with just onions, lettuce, peas and carrots plus the traditional egg and cheese protein elements.

Aljotta (Fish soup)

A rich fish soup, similar to broth in consistency, with plenty of garlic, herbs like mint or marjoram and tomatoes. Usually contains rice, though variants may substitute fine long pasta or small pasta stars.

Kawlata (Pork and cabbage soup)

Thick and chunky, almost a stew, of cabbage, potato and pork knuckle with Maltese sausage (see below) and sometimes also bacon. Traditionally served as two courses with the meats removed and served as second course but may be served as a comforting one pot cold weather meal

Brodu (Clear broth)

May be a clear vegetable broth or a meat broth, which in turn may be beef or chicken or both. Stuffed vegetables or stuffed meat or chickens are often cooked in broth, also rice or pasta or small meatballs.

Gain u Ross (Pasta and rice)

Mqarrun il-Forn (Baked macaroni)

A baked dish made with macaroni, bolognese style meat sauce, egg, and various other ingredients varying according to family tradition including chicken livers, hard boiled eggs, peas and bacon. The macaroni is usually topped with a layer of grated cheese or besciamella (bchamel) that will melt during the baking process and help to bind and set the pasta.

Ravjul (Malta Style ravioli)

Gozo restaurant ravjul topped with grated bejna

The ravjul (sing. ravjula) is typically filled with ricotta and fresh parsley and covered with a garlic scented fresh tomato sauce garnished with celery and basil. This is served with freshly-grated Parmesan or Romano cheese. Alternatively spinach or minced meat is used as filling. In Gozo, Ravjul are filled with local Sheep’s Cheese (bejniet). Traditionally ravjul portions are sized by the number of individual ravioli, and always counted in dozens and half dozens. Ravjul can also be caramelized and served as a dessert.

Ross il-Forn (Baked rice)

Ross il-forn (or Baked Rice) is quite similar to Mqarrun il-Forn (Baked Macaroni). There is a version made with Maltese sausage (see below) that has saffron as an additional ingredient. It is placed in the oven uncooked with 2 cups (200ml) of water for every cup of rice.

Timpana (Pastry-covered baked macaroni)

A slice of timpana.

Baked macaroni tossed in a tomato sauce containing a small amount of minced beef and sometimes hard-boiled eggs bound with a mix of raw egg and grated cheese. It can be thought of as a sort of macaroni meat pie as the pasta is encased in pastry or topped with a pastry “lid” and baked till the pastry is lightly golden. The basic difference between Timpana and Mqarrun il-Forn is the addition of the pastry case or lid which makes Timpana the richer dish, more suited to festive occasions. There is also a less well known Timpana tar-Ross, where the pastry encloses rice mixed with chopped chicken livers braised with softened onions and garlic, broth mixed with tomato paste and saffron, grated cheese and eggs.

Ghain bl-inova (Pasta with Anchovy Sauce)

Spaghetti dressed with a piquant sauce of tomato paste, salted anchovies and garlic is fried till crisp. Often a supper dish.

Ghain Grieg (Pasta “beads” with minced pork and cheese)

A short local pasta that resembles Italian “ditali” is dressed with a sauce made of minced pork, diced bacon and sliced onions long simmered in chicken broth. The separately cooked pasta is tossed first in butter, then in the pork and bacon mixture and finally with lots of grated cheese. The cheese used to be British Cheddar but today it is more often Parmigiano-Reggiano. Why this should be called “Greek Pasta” – or by some “Turkish Pasta” or even “Greek Rice” – is a complete mystery! This dish is not traditionally made in country towns and villages and seems to be known only in urban centres like Valletta and Sliema, possibly a 1950s dish

Laam (Meat)

The excellent local pork is probably the most universally eaten meat, followed by local rabbit, mainly imported beef and local chicken and turkey. Imported lamb and veal are also popular. Game birds like quail (summien), which are now farmed, turtle doves (gamiem) and wild pigeons (bieen) are also popular. Offal and organ meats like pork liver and kidneys, tripe, brain, tongue, heart, stomach and tail also form part of the cuisine and are much loved by traditionalists and gourmets though not the squeamish. They are less popular today than in the past when the fine cuts of meat were not within everyone’s reach.

Brajoli (Beef olives)

A thin slice of beef rolled round a tasty filling of breadcrumbs, bacon, eggs and fresh herbs (“beef olives” in British English, “braciole” in Southern Italy or “involtini” in Northern Italy). The filling may also include a slice of cooked ham, hard boiled egg, grated cheese and a hint of Curry powder. Particularly tasty when slow braised in red wine or in tomato sauce.

Fenek (Rabbit)

Rabbit fried with wine and garlic

Perhaps because the Knights of Malta – who could eat rabbit any time they chose and enjoyed hunting them for sport – prohibited the islanders from eating rabbit with the one exception of L-Imnarja, the feast of Saints Peter and Paul held at the end of June, or maybe because most Maltese families kept rabbits as courtyard animals destined for the pot, rabbit is very popular and one of the most well known Maltese dishes, one of the few served in restaurants. The rabbit, often previously marinated, is lightly browned with garlic and herbs, then simmered for several hours, ideally in a terracotta casserole, in red wine or in a rich tomato sauce. Restaurants usually serve it with chips (french fries), and salad, though crusty local bread to soak up the rich sauces and a cooked green vegetable are more appropriate. Traditionally rabbit stew is served on spaghetti. The meal based on spaghetti with rabbit and rabbit stew is called “Fenkata” (from fenek = rabbit) and for many it is the unofficial national dish. It is enjoyed to this day in the Buskett woods on the feast day of St Peter and St Paul.

Laam fuq il-fwar (Steamed Meat)

Since many Maltese meals begin with soup this was a way for the frugal Maltese cook to utilise the heat from the soup pot. Thin slices of beef (most often) are placed on an oiled plate and layered with the filling for brajoli or else with garlic, chopped herbs like marjoram and parsley, and breadcrumbs or cooked spinach. The meat and filling layers, which must not be too many, are covered with a second plate or with greaseproof paper and the meat is left to cook gently and slowly on top of the soup pot till tender. A very healthy cooking method also used for cooking thinly sliced liver, Maltese Sausage or thin pork chops, and also for simmering small fish or fish fillets over an aljotta fish soup.

Falda Mimlija (Stuffed Flank)

Beef or more usually pork flank with a pocket cut into it. The pocket is filled with a mixture based on minced pork, grated cheese and parsley bound with egg. The stuffed meat may be steamed, poached in broth or baked on a bed of potatoes.

Laam ta-iemel (Horse or stallion meat)

Stallion meat was fairly widely eaten in the past when available, usually steamed (see above) or fried with garlic or else simmered on top of the stove or in the oven in an onion and white wine sauce. As noted by the British Food Journalist Matthew Fort farmers and country folk simply could not afford to be too attached to their working farm animals. “In the frugal, unsentimental manner of agricultural communities, all the animals were looked on as a source of protein. Waste was not an option”

Zalzett tal-Malti (Maltese sausage)

Maltese sausage is typically made of pork, sea salt, black peppercorns, coriander seeds and parsley. Another version includes garlic. The plain version is dried whereas the one containing garlic is to be consumed fresh. It is short and thick in shape and can be eaten grilled, fried, stewed, steamed or even raw when freshly made. More recently a barbecue variety has become popular. This variety is essentially the same as the original but with a much reduced salt content, and has a thinner skin.

Fish

Fresh Sea Urchin Roe, a prized delicacy, on toasted Gozo bread

Fish is much eaten on the two islands and Maltese know from experience which fish is best baked, which poached, which grilled and which fried. Fish is often cooked and seasoned very simply but it may also be stuffed, stewed or made into pies. Many shellfish and crustaceans are also available and very popular.

Lampuka (Mahi Mahi or Dolphin Fish)

Lampuki are perhaps Malta’s favourite fish. Better known outside of Malta as Mahi-mahi, dorado, or dolphin fish, the Lampuka has fine, white flesh with only a few large bones, and is found in abundance in the seas between Sicily and Tunisia.

It man be poached (ghad-dobbu) with rosemary and red wine; lightly pan-fried in olive oil and finished with garlic and vinegar or lemon juice and marjoram; it may be oven-baked in white wine and olive oil with tomatoes, onions, olives and capers or grilled and served with Zalza Pikkanti or cut into small filleted pieces and deep fried; best of all for many of Maltese it may be made into a surprising fish pie of many flavours with spinach or cauliflower, walnuts or chestnuts, capers, sultanas, hard-boiled eggs, herbs, and lemon zest, all enclosed in a shortcrust pastry.

Stuffat tal-Qarnit (Slow braised Octopus)

Octopus, onions, tomato paste, olives, peas, bay leaves, walnuts and raisins slowly simmered in red wine. Many family variations exist: in one it is simmered in red wine, olives, tomatoes, black pepper and mint, in another with peas, tomatoes, lemon or orange zest, a bay leaf and a hint of curry powder. May be used as a sauce for pasta or served accompanied by Maltese bread.

Stuffat tal-Bakkaljaw (Salt Cod Stew)

Previously soaked salt cod simmered with chunks of potatoes and diced carrots, as well as onions, garlic, tomatoes, salted anchovies, raisins and nutmeg. The recipe may be changed according to the availability of seasonal vegetables. A winter version has pumpkin chunks and cauliflower florets and black olives along with the potatoes, onions and tomatoes and bay leaf and thyme are used for flavouring.

Octopus cooked in its own liquid with parsley, garlic and lemon

Sawrell Mimli l-forn (Baked Stuffed Mackerel)

Filled with a mixture of breadcrumbs, olives, salted anchovies and parsley and baked between layers of potatoes, onions and tomatoes sprinkled with salt and pepper, fresh marjoram leaves and olive oil.

Klamari Mimli fl-inbid (Red wine braised stuffed calamari)

Grilled Calamari

The filling is made of breadcrumbs, parsley, garlic and capers with sometimes a slice of hard boiled egg in the middle. The filled calamari are then gently stewed in red wine with sultanas and nutmeg. Usually served with boiled potatoes dressed with olive oil and chopped parsley.

Brajoli tat-tonn (Fresh tuna roll-ups)

Thin slices of fresh tuna (or other large fish like Aola (amberjack), Deni (a large pink sea bream), erna (grouper) or Pixxispad (swordfish) are rolled around a filling of breadcrumbs, mint or marjoram, capers, olives, salted anchovy fillets and chopped hard boiled egg. The rolls are browned then briefly and very gently simmered in garlic scented olive oil deglazed with a little inegar.

Pixxispad Mixwi Mawwar(Grilled sword fish steaks with fresh herb topping)

Thick swordfish steaks are grilled on gentle heat and when just done they are topped with a mixture of chopped fresh herbs, lemon zest, capers and olives and drizzled with olive oil. Grilled fish is usually served with a crisp fresh salad or else with kapunata.

Eggs and Cheese

bejniet (Gozo cheeselets)

Selection of fresh and cured bejniet

These are small, round cheeses, made from sheep or sometimes goat milk, often served as part of a light lunch, or as part of a hearty dinner. These cheeselets come in four varieties, fresh (friski or tal-ilma), sun dried (moxxi), salt cured (masula) or peppered (tal-bar). The fresh variety have a smooth texture and a subtle, milky creamy flavour and are kept in their own whey in a similar manner to fresh Mozzarella. The sundried variety have a more definite, nutty almost musky, taste, and are fairly hard, but can keep for a long time without refrigeration. The pepper cured variety are covered in crushed black pepper and cured, after which they may be stored in oil, ot sometimes pickled with the addition of vinegar. These last are the tastiest. and their sharp taste becomes more piquant the more they age. They also develop a lovely crumbly texture. The dried varieties are traditionally served with Galletti an ancient local type of ship’s biscuit and a glass of robust red wine.

”bejniet are often referred to as a goat cheese, as indeed they originally were, though today these are almost always made from sheep milk. In the early 20th Century using unpasteurised milk led to an Undulant Fever epidemic in the Maltese islands. Undulant fever is also referred to as the Maltese Fever since the link between the illness and unpasteurised milk was identified by the eminent Maltese doctor, archaeologist and scholar Sir Temi Zammit. Today thanks to a strict regime of certification of milk animals and widespread use of pasturisation the illness is completely eliminated from the islands and bejniet are not only completely safe to eat, they are a widely used and much appreciated local speciality. Still most Maltese much prefer the tastier unpasteurised artisan-farmer prouced cheeselets to the mass produced vacuum-sealed version! See below:

The widespread belief that bejniet made from pasturised milk are less tasty than those made from unpasturised milk has never been corroborated by scientific evidence. Still, mass produced bejniet, made exclusively from pasturised milk, tend to be less tasty than those produced by the cottage industry that makes use of certified but unpasturised milk.

Balbuljata or Barbuljata (Scrambled egg dish)

Eggs scrambled with tomatoes, onions, fresh herbs, corned beef (another British legacy) and grated cheese. There are also versions using broad beans or gbejniet instead of the corned beef or simply omitting it. Traditionally the grated cheese was an imported peppercorn studded sharp Pecorino known as obon tal-bar or more recently a Cheddar cheese, though gobon tal hakk malti is used these days.

Torta tar-Rikotta (Fresh ricotta and parsley pie)

Open faced or closed short crust pastry pie with local artisan sheep’s milk ricotta, a sharp grated cheese and chopped fresh parsley bound with eggs.

Froa bil-ful u l-bejniet friski (Eggs with fresh broad beans and fresh local cheeselets)

The beaten eggs are mixed with shelled broad beans and mint and the finished omelette is topped with fresh bejna slices which melt on the omelette.

Froa tat-tarja or Tarja bil-bajd (Pasta “omelette” )

Angel’s hair pasta cooked and tossed in cheese and butter, is mixed with eggs and shallow fri

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There are eight cuisines divisions in Chinese food. Major of them are Chuan Cuisine, Cantoneese cuisine, Lu Cuisine, Min Cuisine, Su Cuisine, Hui Cuisine, Zhe Cuisine and Xiang Cuisine. Cantonese cuisine is the main cuisine in south of China, especially in Guangdong province.

Cantonese Cuisine, also known as Yue Cuisine, is the culinary style of Guangdong Province, which was called Canton when the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese was in use. This particular type of Chinese food has been popularized by Chinese restaurants around the world as the majority of those who set up these restaurants were of Cantonese origin.

Guangdong dishes are characterized by their tender and slightly sweet taste.

Sauces are a crucial seasoning in Guangdong cuisine. Classic Cantonese sauces are light and mellow. The most widely used sauces in Guangdong Cuisine include: hoisin sauce, oyster sauce, plum sauce and sweet and sour sauce. Other ingredients popular in Guangdong Cuisine include spring onions, sugar, salt, soya bean products, rice wine, corn starch, vinegar and sesame oil. Garlic is used heavily in some dishes, especially those in which internal organs, such as entrails, may emit unpleasant odors. Ginger, chili peppers, five-spice powder, powdered white pepper, star anise and a few other spices are used, but often sparingly.

The raw materials for Guangdong Cuisine are very plentiful. “The Chinese eat everything with four legs, except tables, and everything that flies except airplanes” is the most suitable expression of the countless variety of Guangdong food.

Things that are rarely eaten or rarely seen on Western tables are commonly used in Guangdong dishes. Snake, cat and pangolin (scaly anteater) are considered by the Cantonese people to be most delicious food.

In contrast to the fast-fried cooking method of Sichuan dishes, Guangdong people prefer to braise, stew and sauté their food. These cooking methods aim to preserve the flavor of the dishes.

The best place to enjoy Cantonese cuisine is Guangzhou, the Captial city of Guangdong province. With the coming of the Guangzhou Asian Games, Cantonese food will enjoy the world wide fume.

What could be better for dessert than something that is tangy, tasty, light, and only contains a trace of fat per serving? Sound impossible? Of course not! Give this delicious Apricot Angel Cake a try today!

APRICOT ANGEL FOOD CAKE
1 1/2 cups egg whites (apprx 10)
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/4 cups sugar, divided
2 tsp cream of tartar
1 tsp almond extract
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
1 cup apricot preserves
2 tbsp water

Place egg whites in a large mixing bowl and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Sift flour and 1/2 cup of the sugar together twice; set aside.

Add the cream of tartar, almond extract, vanilla extract, and salt to the egg whites. Beat mixture on medium speed of electric mixer until stiff peaks form.

Gradually add the remaining sugar, about 2 tablespoons at a time, beating on high until stiff glossy peaks form and sugar is completely dissolved. Gradually fold in the flour mixture 1/2 cup at a time.

In a small mixing bowl, beat the apricot preserves and water until frothy. Gently fold this into the egg white mixture. Gently spoon the mixture into a non greased 10-inch tube pan. Cut through the batter with a knife to remove air pockets then place in the 350 degree oven. Bake 50 to 60 minutes on the lowest oven rack or until the cake is lightly browned and the top appears dry. Immediately invert pan and cool completely. This will take about an hour. Run a knife around the sides and center tube of the pan to loosen the cake. Remove cake to your serving plate. Frost, serve with fruit, glaze, or finish off to suit yourself.

Serves 12

List of Notable dishes

Mohinga, the national dish of Burma

Because a standardized system of romanisation for spoken Burmese does not exist, pronunciations of the following dishes in modern standard Burmese approximated using IPA are provided.

Lahpet, a popular delicacy

Bazun thohk (Burmese: ; IPA: [bzun ou]), pickled prawn salad

Jin thohk ( [din ou]), ginger salad with sesame seeds

Khao sw thohk ( [kausw ou]), wheat noodle salad with dried shrimps, shredded cabbage and carrots, dressed with fried peanut oil, fish sauce and lime

Htamin thohk ( [tamin ou]), rice salad with tomato puree, potato,glass noodle, toasted chickpea flour, crushed toasted dried fermented beancake,crushed dried shrimp, crushed dried chilli, garlic and dressed with cooked peanut oil, fish sauce, lime or tamarind and coriander

Hto-mohnt ( [toumoun]), glutinous rice cake with raisins, cashews and coconut shavings

Katkyi-hnyat ( [kadi], lit.

‘cut with scissors’), a southern coastal dish (from the Dawei area) of rice noodles with a variety of seafood, land meats, raw bean sprouts, beans and fried eggs comparable to pad thai

Jaryoh hinga ( [tajou hina]), lotus roots in clear chicken or fish broth

Jarzan hin, ( [dazan hin]) glass noodle soup with chicken, wood-ear mushrooms, dried flowers, onions, boiled egg, garnished with coriander, thin-sliced onions, crushed dried chilli and a dash of lime (Mandalay)

Jarzan hinga ( [dazan hina]), glass noodle soup with dried shrimp, wood-ear mushrooms, egg, dried flowers, onions (Yangon)

Jauk-kyaw ( [taotau]), agar jelly usually set in two layers with coconut milk

Jay-oh ( [teiou]), vermicelli noodles in soup with pork offal and greens

Let thohk sohn ( [le ousoun]), similar to htamin thohk with shredded green papaya, shredded carrot, ogonori sea moss and often wheat noodles

Mohinga ( [mounhina]), the unofficial national dish of rice vermicelli in fish broth with onions, garlic, ginger, lemon grass and sliced tender core of banana-stem, served with boiled eggs, fried fish cake (nga hpe) and fritters (akyaw)

Shwe yin aye is a popular and refreshing dessert

Montletsaung (Burmese: [mounlesaun]), tapioca balls, glutinous rice, grated coconut and toasted sesame with jaggery syrup in coconut milk

Nanjee thohk (Burmese: [nandi ou]) or Mont di, thick rice noodle salad with chickpea flour, chicken, fish cake (nga hpe), onions, coriander, spring onions, crushed dried chilli, dressed with fried crispy onion oil, fish sauce and lime

Nanbyajee thohk (), as above with tagliatelle

Ngapi jet ( [api d]), fermented spicy fish paste or salted fish curried with onions, tomatoes, garlic, chilli and coriander served with to za ya, vegetables fresh or boiled, on the side

Ngapi jaw ( [api tau]), fried version with dried shrimp, onions, garlic and dried chilli

Ohn-no khao sw ( [ounnou kausw]), curried chicken and wheat noodles in a coconut milk broth similar to Malaysian laksa and Chiang Mai’s khao soi

Sanwin makin ( [sanwin makin]), semolina cake with raisins, walnuts and poppy seeds

Shwe gyi mohnt ( [wei di moun]), hardened semolina (wheat) porridge with poppy seeds

Shwe yin aye ( [wei jin ei]), agar jelly, tapioca and sago in coconut milk

Shauk thee thohk, sliced lemon or kaffir lime (no pith or rind), toasted chickpea flour, crushed roasted peanut, crushed dried shrimp, crushed dried chilli, baked fish paste, cooked oil with onions (goes very well and often served with kya zan hinga)

Chinese-inspired

Mandalay Meeshay

Asayn jaw, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, green beans, baby corn, cornflour or tapioca starch, tomatoes, squid sauce

Bghin ( [be kin]), roasted duck

Dim sum, meat/fish/prawn/crab/sausage/egg/sea weeds, flour, flavor enhancer

Hpet htohk (lit.

leaf wrap), meat, pastry paper, ginger, garlic, pepper powder, salt. Usually served with soup or with noodles.

Htamin jaw ( [ta min tau]), fried rice with boiled peas (p byouk),the poor man’s favourite breakfast

Kawyei khao sw ( [k ji kau sw]), noodles and curried duck (or pork) in broth with eggs.

La mohnt ( [la moun]), (mooncake), an oily disk-shaped cake filled with either sugar or sweet bean paste

Mi swun ( [mi swan]),very soft rice noodles, known as Mee suah in Singapore and Malaysia. It is a popular option for invalids, usually with chicken broth.

Panthay khao sw ( [panei kau sw]), halal noodles with chicken and spices, often served by the Muslim Panthay Chinese.

Pao-see ( [pau si]), steamed buns filled with either pork and egg or sweet bean paste

San byohk ( [san pjou]), (rice congee) with fish, chicken or duck often fed to invalids.

Seejet khao sw ( [si t kau sw]), wheat noodles with duck or pork, fried garlic oil, soy sauce and chopped spring onions. It is considered an ‘identity dish’ of Myanmar and Burmese Chinese, as it is not available in other Chinese cuisines. Sarawak’s Kolok mee is a bit similar.

Wet-tha doh-to, pork offal cooked in light soy sauce. Eaten with raw ginger and chilli sauce.

Indian-inspired

Fried chapatti with p-byohk – a Mandalay favourite

Samosa salad in Mandalay

Danbauk ( [dan pau]), Burmese-style biryani with either chicken or mutton served with mango pickle, fresh mint and green chili

Fried chapatti, crispy and blistered, with boiled peas (p-byohk), a popular breakfast next to nan bya

Halawa, a snack made of sticky rice, butter, coconut milk, from Indian dessert halwa. In Burma Halwa is referred to a loose form, something like smashed potato, without baking into a hard or firmer cake in contrast to Sa-Nwin-Ma-Kin.

Hpaluda, similar to the Indian dessert falooda, rose water, milk, jello, coconut jelly, coconut shavings, sometimes served with custard and ice cream

Htat taya ([ta t ja]), lit. “a hundred layers”, fried flaky multilayered paratha with either a sprinkle of sugar or p byouk

Htawbat htamin, rice made with butter and mostly eaten with chicken curry.

Kyit Sara, Semolina chicken or meat paste

Chicken or meat is boiled or cooked and removed all the bones and skin. It is then mixed with Semolina and dhal. Nowadays the mixture is easily put into the grinder and grinded. But originally it was put in the big pot, stirred and pounded using a big ladle with a rounded lower edge. Once it turns into a thick paste it is sprinkled with cinnamon powder and deep-fried onion. Not only it is tasty but it is highly nutritious and easily digestible.

Malaing lohn ( [m lain loun]), Burmese-style gulab jamun

Nan bya ( [nan bja]), Burmese style naan buttered or with p byouk, also with mutton soup

Palata ( [p la a]), Burmese style paratha with egg or mutton

Samusa ( [sa mu sa]), Burmese-style samosa with mutton and onions served with fresh mint, green chilli,onions and lime

Samusa thohk ( [sa mu sa ou]), samosa salad with onions, cabbage, fresh mint, potato curry, masala, chili powder, salt and lime

Sa-Nwin-Ma-Kin or Burmese Semolina Cake or Semolina Pudding or (Kuih) Sooji, using Sooji (Semolina), eggs, cream of wheat (Semolina), coconut cream, sugar, raisins and milk. It is topped with sesame seeds and baked with the charcoal slow fire above and below to made them like brownie golden cakes.

Shai Mai or Sa Wai or sayviah/ sweet vermicelli served with fried cashews, coconut shreds, raisins with milk

Theezohn chinyay, lit. vegetable all- sorts sour broth, with drumstick, lady’s finger, egg plant, green beans, potato, onions, ginger, dried chilli, boiled egg, dried salted fish, fish paste and tamarind

Shan-inspired

Shan khao sw with tohpu jaw, with monnyinjin on the side

Shan inspired – Nangyi Thohk

Htamin jin ( [ta min tin]), a rice, tomato and potato or fish salad kneaded into round balls dressed and garnished with crisp fried onion in oil, tamarind sauce, coriander and spring onions often with garlic, Chinese chives roots (ju myit), fried whole dried chili, grilled dried fermented beancakes (p bouk} and fried dried topu (topu jauk kyaw) on the side

Lahpet thohk () [le pe ou]), a salad of pickled tea leaves with fried peas, peanuts and garlic, toasted sesame, fresh garlic, tomato, green chili, crushed dried shrimps, preserved ginger and dressed with peanut oil, fish sauce and lime

Meeshay, ( [mi ei]), rice noodles with pork and/or chicken, bean sprouts, rice flour gel, rice flour fritters, dressed with soy sauce, salted soybean, rice vinegar, fried peanut oil, chilli oil, and garnished with crispfried onions, crushed garlic, coriander, and pickled daikon/mustard greens

Papaya salad ( [in bau i ou])

Shan tohu ( [an tou hu]), a type of tofu made from chickpea flour or yellow split pea eaten as fritters (tohpu jaw) or in a salad (tohpu thohk), also eaten hot before it sets as tohu byawk aka tohu nway and as fried dried tohpu (tohu jauk kyaw)

Shan khao sw ( [an kausw]), rice noodles with chicken or minced pork, onions, garlic, tomatoes, chili, crushed roasted peanuts, young vine of mangetout, served with tohu jaw or tohu nway and pickled mustard greens (monnyinjin)

Wet thachin ( [w a tin]), preserved minced pork in rice

Wet tha hmyit chin ( [w a mji tin]), pork with sour bamboo shoots

Mon-inspired

Mon banana pudding

Thingyan Rice () – fully boiled rice in candle-smelt water served with mango salad.

Htamane () dessert made from glutinous rice, shredded coconuts and peanuts

Banana pudding dessert made from banana boiled in coconut milk and sugar.

Wet mohinga like mohinga but vermicelli is served while wet

Durian jam also known as Katut jam

Nga baung thohk () Mixed vegetables and prawn, wrapped in morinda leaves and then banana leaves outside.

Sanwinmakin () dessert cake made from semolina, sugar, butter, coconut.

Rakhine-inspired

Monte-de – an extremely popular and economical fast food dish where rice vermicelli are either eaten with some condiments and soup prepared from nga-pi, or as a salad with powdered fish and some condiments. The American Conger, Conger oceanicus, called Nga-shwe in Arakanese and Burmese, is the fish of choice.

Jar-zun thohk – glass vermicelli salad with boiled prawn julien and mashed curried duck eggs and potatoes.

Ngapi Daung – an extremely spicy condiment made from pounded ngapi and green chili

Khayun thee nga chauk chet – Brinjal cooked lightly with a small amount of oil, with dried fish and chilli

Ngha-pyaw-thi-bohn – bananas stewed in milk and coconut, and garnished with black sesame. Eaten either as a dish during meals, or as a dessert.

Saw-hlaing Monte – a baked sweet, made from millet, raisins, coconut and butter

Sut-hnan – millet cooked in sweet milk with raisins

Starches

The most common starch (staple food) in Myanmar is white rice. Glutinous rice called kauk hnyin is also very popular including the purple variety known as nga cheik especially as a breakfast dish. Various types of noodles are commonly used in salads and soups or fried. Vermicelli noodles and rice noodles are often used in soups, while thick rice and wheat noodles are used in salads. Palata, a flaky fried flatbread is often eaten with curried meats while nan-bya, a baked flatbread is eaten with any Indian dishes. Another favourite is aloo poori – puffed-up fried breads eaten with potato curry.

Ingredients

Main article: List of Ingredients in Burmese cuisine

Ingredients used in Burmese dishes are often fresh. Many fruits are used in conjunction with vegetables in many dishes. The Burmese eat a great variety of vegetables and fruits, and all kinds of meat.

A very popular vegetable is the danyin thi, which is usually boiled or roasted and dipped in salt, oil and sometimes, cooked coconut fat.

Ngapi

Ngapi is considered the corner stone of any Burmese meal or dish. It is used in a versatile manner in that it is used in soup base, in salad, in main dishes and also in condiments. Popular varieties depend on the region,such as in Rakhine State, Shan State, Ayeyarwady Division and Tanintharyi Division.

The Ngapi of Rakhine State contains no or lesser salt, and uses marine fish. It is used as a soup base for the Rakhine ‘national’ cuisine, Mont-de. It is also used widely in cooking both vegetables, fish and even meat.

In the coastal Ayeyarwady and Tanintharyi divisions, the majority of ngapi is instead based on fresh water fish, with a lot of salt. The ngapi is also used as a condiment such as ngapi-yay (an essential part of Karen cuisine, which includes runny ngapi, spices and boiled fresh vegetables). In Shan State, ngapi is made instead from fermented beans, and is used as both a flavoring and also condiment in Shan cuisine.

Condiments

Burmese cuisine is full of condiments, from sweet, sour to savory. The most popular are pickled mango, balachaung (shrimp and ngapi floss) and ngapi gyaw (fried ngapi in various manners) and vegetables preserved in rice wine (from Shan State). Ngapi plays a major part in condiments, as a dip for fresh vegetables.

Bean ngapi from the Shan states plays a major role in Shan cuisine. Dried bean ngapi chips are used as condiments for various shan dishes.

Fruits

Myanmar has a wide range of fruits, and most are of tropical origin. However, some notable Western fruits such as strawberries are also popular. Durian, guava and others are commonly served as desserts. Other fruits include mango, banana, jackfruit, plum, lychee, papaya, pomelo, water melon, pomegranate, mangosteen, sugar-apple and rambutan.

Eating customs

A typical Burmese meal

Traditionally, Burmese eat their meals with dishes on a low table, while sitting on a bamboo mat, and dishes are served more or less at the same time. A typical meal would include steaming hot rice as the staple, a curried freshwater fish or dried/salted fish dish, if affordable a curried meat or poultry dish instead, soup (hinjo) which if sour is called chinyay, and fresh or boiled vegetables to go with a salty dish almost invariably a curried sauce of pickled fish (ngapi yayjo) in Lower Burma. Fritters such as gourd or onions in batter as well as fish or dried tohpu crackers are extra.

Out of respect, the eldest diners are always served first before the rest join in; even when the elders are absent, the first morsel of rice from the pot is scooped and put aside as an act of respect to one’s parents, a custom known as oo tcha (lit. first serve). Burmese people eat with their right hand, forming the rice into a small ball with only the fingertips and mixing this with various morsels before popping it into their mouths. Chopsticks and a Chinese style spoon are used for noodle dishes, although noodle salads are more likely to be eaten with just a spoon. Knives and forks are used rarely in homes but will always be provided for guests and are available in restaurants and hotels. Drinks are not often served with the meal and, instead, the usual liquid accompaniment is in the form of a light broth or consomme served from a communal bowl. Outside of the meal, the Burmese beverage of choice is light green tea (yay nway jan; [jei nwei dun]).

Influences

The countries that border Myanmar, especially India, China and Thailand – have influenced Burmese cuisine. Indian influences are found in Burmese versions of dishes such as samosas and biryani, and Indian curries, spices and breads such as nan (naan) and palata (paratha). Ethnic Indians have a monopoly on such dishes. Chinese influence in Burmese cuisine is shown in the use of ingredients like bean curd and soya sauce, various noodles as well as in stir-frying techniques. Fried insects are eaten as snacks as in neighbouring Thailand and Laos.

Gallery

Mohn la jin – pickled daikon or mooli

Cha-om omelette – a popular dish with ladies

Bu nyunt hinjo – young vine of gourd clear soup

Dunt dalun chin-yei – drumstick sour soup

P bouk – dried fermented bean cakes to grill or fry

Thayet chin thohk – fermented green mango salad with onions, green chilli, roasted peanuts, sesame and peanut oil

nga paung thohk

See also

Burmese recipes

References

^ Yin, Saw Myat (2007). Culture Shock!: Myanmar. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish Inc. p. 133. ISBN 9780761454106. 

^ BBC NEWS | Business | Burma cyclone raises rice prices

External links

Burmese breakfast at Mae Sot

Mi Mi Khaing, Cook and Entertain the Burmese Way. Rangoon, 1975

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