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Roasted small dried fish salad (Nga-ni-tu krout thoe)


Ingredients

  1. 150 g small dried fish
  2. 5 to 6 green chillies
  3. 1 peeled shallot and 1 inch of ginger
  4. 1 green lime
  5. salt and chicken stock

                     
How to do?
  1. Roast the dried fishes in a pan until it gets crispy.
  2. Use Motor and Pestle to pound green chillies, shallot and ginger into a coarse paste.
  3. Cut lime into slices.
  4. Mix roasted dried fishes and paste in a plate.
  5. Add salt and chicken stock to taste
  6. Squeeze 1 or 2 slices of lime.
Ok! Roasted dried fish salad is ready for you!

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Fish curry with basil leaves

Ingredients


-          1 turbot fish or ray fish  or 7 – 9 lady fishes
(I used lady fishes)
-          13-15 red dried chillies
-          2 garlic cloves and 1 medium onion
-          ½ inch of ginger
-          1/5 teaspoon of shrimp paste
-          1/5 teaspoon of turmeric powder
-          A lump of tamarind (soak in water)
-          1/3 cup of fresh basil leaves
-          Salt and chicken stock to taste

How to do?
1.     Gut and clean the fish.
2.     If necessary, cut it into serving sizes pieces
3.     Use a mortar and pestle to pound chillies, garlic cloves, onion and ginger into a paste.
4.     Pour ¾ cup of water into a saucepan.
5.     Add Chilli paste and turmeric powder.
6.     Cook and stir till raw smell is gone.
7.     Add the fishes and squeeze the soaked tamarind.
8.     Add salt and chicken stock to taste.
9.     When fishes are cooked well, sprinkle basil leaves over the fishes.

Ready to serve!

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Rakhine Papaya Salad (Pa Dar Kar Thee Thoue)

Ingredients

-  1 green Papaya

          -  7 to 9 dry red chillies or green chillies

          -  1/3 teaspoon of shrimp paste

          -  4 garlic cloves

          -  ½ teaspoon of black pepper

          -  A lump of tamarind (soak in water)

          -  Salt and chicken stock to taste



How to do?

  1. Peel the papaya and remove the seeds.
  2. Smack and cut the papaya.
  3. Use a mortar and pestle to pound chillies, garlic cloves, shrimp paste and black pepper into a coarse paste.
  4.  Put the papaya, the pounded pasted,  salt and chicken stock in a bowl.
  5. Squeeze the soaked tamarind to release all the pulp.
  6. Mix all together
  7. Adjust tamarind pulp, salt and chicken stock to taste.

K.. ready to get sweaty? J

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Chicken and Bottle Gourd (krra thar nat buu thee)


Ingredients

  1. 1 Whole Chicken
  2. 1 Bottle Gourd
  3. 8 to 9 green chillies
  4. 5 cloves of garlic , 1 onion and ½ inch ginger
  5. 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
  6. full teaspoon of masala powder
  7. ¾ teaspoon of oil

How to do?

  1. Cut chicken and bottle gourd into serving pieces.
  2. Mix together chillies, garlic, onion and ginger and pound into a coarse paste.
  3. Heat up the pot.
  4. Add the oil and sauté the paste and turmeric powder until raw smell is gone.
  5. Add the chopped chicken and masala powder.
  6. Add salt and chicken stock to taste.
  7. Pour your desired amount of water.
  8. Bring to a boil and add the chopped bottle gourd.
  9. Wait until the bottle gourd is softened.
  10.  Taste and adjust seasoning.

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Kangkong with shrimp paste (Koung Zwat)


Ingredients

  1. A bunch of Kangkong.
  2. Sliced dry red chillies (3 or 4 chillies)
  3. 1/5 teaspoon shrimp paste
  4. salt and chicken stock to taste

How to do?
 
  1. Prepare the Kangkong  by pinching out the leaves and stem.
  2. Pour a half-cup of water into saucepan.
  3. Add shrimp paste and bring it to a boil.
  4. Add dry chillies, salt and chicken stock.
  5. After the water comes to a full boil, add Kangkong leaves.
  6. Do not the cover the pot with a lid.
  7. When the leaves are softened, it is ready to serve.

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Dried Fish with radish

Ingredient

-          ½ or 1 kg Dried Fish

-          A bunch of white radish

-          Sliced green chillies (around 4 or 5)

-          ¼ teaspoon turmeric powder

-          Very small amount of Oil

-          Chicken Stock and Salt to taste
How to do?
 
  1. Cut the dried fish and radishes     into convenient sized pieces.
  2. After these have been washed, place into a saucepan.
  3. Pour water just enough to over the fish and carrots.
  4. Add turmeric powder and chillies and salt and chicken stock.
  5. Wait to bring to a boil and taste to try the seasoning.

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Green Eggplant with dried Bombax Ceiba (Kha Ran Thee and Hla Pan Pwint)

Ingredients

-          8 or 9 small green eggplants

-          25g of  dried Bombax Ceiba

-          ½ teaspoon shrimp or fish paste

-     Sliced green chillies (around 6 or 7 chillies)

-          Chicken Stock and Salt to taste
How to do?
 
1.                  Cut each eggplant into four parts.
2.                  Wash the cut eggplant and dried Bomboz Ceiba
3.                  Place them into saucepan
4.                  Add some water, sliced chillies and shrimp paste.
5.                  Wait until eggplant and Bombax Ceiba are cooked well
6.                  Taste to try the seasoning

Ready to serve!

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