''Nan gyi thoke'' ( my, နန်းကြီးသုပ်, ; also spelled ''nangyi thoke'' or ''nangyi dok'') is an ''
a thoke
Burmese salads (; transliterated ''athoke'' or ''athouk'') are a diverse category of indigenous salads in Burmese cuisine. Burmese salads are made of cooked and raw ingredients that are mixed by hand to combine and balance a wide-ranging array of ...
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salad
A salad is a dish consisting of mixed, mostly natural ingredients with at least one raw ingredient. They are typically served at room temperature or chilled, though some can be served warm. Condiments and salad dressings, which exist in a va ...
dish in
Burmese cuisine, made with thick round
rice noodle
Rice is the seed of the grass species ''Oryza sativa'' (Asian rice) or less commonly '' Oryza glaberrima'' (African rice). The name wild rice is usually used for species of the genera '' Zizania'' and '' Porteresia'', both wild and domesticat ...
s mixed with specially prepared chicken curry and
chili oil
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The dish is garnished with toasted
chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilis, crispy noodles, slices of hard-boiled egg,
fish cake
A fishcake (sometimes written as fish cake) is a culinary dish consisting of filleted fish or other seafood minced or ground, mixed with a starchy ingredient, and fried until golden.
Asian-style fishcakes usually contain fish with salt, water, ...
s, and zested with lime or lemon.
The noodle salad originated as a street food from
Mandalay.
Etymology
The salad is known by a number of different terms, including ''nan gyi thoke'', ''nan gyi mont di'', and is called ''Mandalay mont di'' in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
.
''Nan gyi'' (နန်းကြီး; ) refers to the thick round rice noodles used in this salad.
See also
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Burmese cuisine
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List of salads
Salad is any of a wide variety of dishes including: green salads; vegetable salads; long beans; salads of pasta, legumes, or grains; mixed salads incorporating meat, poultry, or seafood; and fruit salads. They often include vegetables and fruits. ...
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Meeshay
Meeshay (, ; also spelt mi shay, mee shay, mee shei) is a Burmese cuisine dish of rice noodles with a meat sauce. The dish originated from the Chinese ''mixian'' ( simplified Chinese: 米线) and became a specialty of the Shan people of Eastern ...
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Ohn no khao swe
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Mont di
References
External links
Nan gyi thoke - Burmese Noodles recipe
Burmese cuisine
Noodle salads
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