Rakhine food recipes

1. 5 to 6 pieces of fresh bamboo shoots
2. 8 Green Chillies (Sliced)
3. ½ teaspoon turmeric powder
4. 1 teaspoon of peanut oil
5. ½ tablespoon of shrimp paste
6. A cup of fresh basil leaves
7. salt and chicken stock

Ingredients

1. Clean and remove any hair on head by singeing or plucking.
2. Cut into 4 pieces and wash them.
3. Place the pieces of head into a large pot.
4. Pour the water to cover the pieces of head.
5. Grind together garlic cloves and 1 piece of ginger into a coarse paste.
6. Add sweet sauce , garlic coarse paste, salt and chicken stock into the pot.
7. Heat the pot over medium heat and wait until pig’s head is cooked well.                (Approximately, it takes about one hour.)
8. Roast the green chillies in a pan until the raw smell is gone.
9. Pound roasted green chillies, one onion and 1 piece of ginger into a coarse paste using a mortar and pestle.
10. Peel cucumber and slice in half lengthwise and cut into thin slices.
11. When the pig’s head is cooked well, chop them into the small pieces.
12. Put them into a big bowl and add the chilli paste, cucumber slices, salt, chicken stock.
13. Squeeze the slices of lime.
14. Mix them together and adjust the taste.
15. Cut the onion into slices.
16. Sprinkle onion slices over the salad.

1. Cut Fish into serving size pieces
2. Wash them and set aside.
3. Blend chillies, shallot and ginger together into a paste.
4. Put the fish pieces, chilli paste, turmeric powder, shrimp paste, salt in a pot.
5. Pour water as you desired.
6. Heat the pot and bring to a boil.
7. Squeeze the soaked tamarind.
8. Adjust salt, chicken stock and tamarind juice to taste
9. Sprinkle coriander leaves

1. Wash shrimp and place them in a saucepan.
2. Add a little amount of salt.
3. Heat the pan and keep stirring until colour turns pink.
4. When the shrimps are cooked well, set aside.
5. Add chillies into a saucepan and stir until raw smell is gone.
6. Remove from heat and pour cold water. (In order to keep original colour.)
7. Put the chillies, onion, salt and chicken stock together into a mortar and pestle.
8. Pound to a coarse paste.

Ingredients

1. 3 packs of glass noodles
2. 3 eggs
3. 4 medium potatoes
4. 5 or 6 teaspoons roasted chickpea powder
5. a lump of tamarind (Soak in water)
6. 6 teaspoons chilli paste
7. 1/4 teaspoon turmeric powder
8. 1/4 teaspoon shrimp paste
9. Onions slices (Approximately 2 medium onions)
10. A cup of coriander leaves