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Fried Shrimp Cakes (ပုဇြန္ဆုပ္ေၾကာ္)

Ingredients:

1. Medium or large Shrimps 1.5 lbs
2. 3 of eggs
3. Green chilies (slices)
4. Black pepper  (as necessary)
5. Salt as necessary
6.  1 tbl spoon of corn starch
7.  Cooking oil (amount that covers the fish cakes)

ပါဝင္ပစၥည္းမ်ား

၁။ ပုဇြန္ ၁.၅ ေပါင္
၂။ ၾကက္ဥ ၃ လံုး
၃။ င႐ုတ္သီးစိမ္း ၄ လံုး
၄။ င႐ုတ္ေကာင္း အနည္းငယ္
၅။ ဆား လိုသေလာက္
၆။ ေကာ္မုန္႔ ၁ ဇြန္း
ရ။ ပဲဆီ (ပုဇြန္ဆုပ္ျမဳပ္ႏိုင္တဲ့ ပမာဏ)


How to do?
1. Peel the shrimps and remove the shells. 
2. Grind the peeled shrimps in the blender.
3. Put the shrimps into a large bowl and add the beaten egg, chilies, pepper, salt and corn starch and then, mix and stir.
4. Form into patties and fry in the heated oil until they are nicely browned.

ျပင္ဆင္ပံု

၁။ ပုဇြန္ေတြကို အခြံခြာ ေခါင္းေတြကိုပစ္ပါ။
၂။ ပုဇြန္အသားေတြကို Blender ထဲမွာ ထည့္ႀကိတ္ပါ။
၃။ ႀကိတ္ထားတဲ့ ပုဇြန္ေတြ ကို ဇလံု တစ္ခုထဲ ထည့္ၿပီး ၾကက္ဥ၊ ေကာ္မုန္႔၊ င႐ုတ္သီးစိမ္းစိတ္၊ သ႐ုတ္ေကာင္း နဲ႔ ဆားေတြကို ထည့္ၿပီး နယ္ပါ။
၄။ ၿပီးရင္ လိုခ်င္တဲ့ ပံုစံ အျပား သို႔မဟုတ္ အဆုပ္ လုပ္ထားပါ။
၅။ ေနာက္ ဆီပူပူ ထဲထည့္ေၾကာ္ပါ။
၆။ အနီေရာင္ သန္းလာရင္ ဆယ္ယူၿပီ ဆီစုပ္တဲ့ စကၠဴေပၚမွာ အေအးခံလိုက္ပါ။

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Shredded Chicken Salad (ခ်ဥ္စပ္ ၾကက္သားသုပ္)

Ingredients
-------------------
1. A whole chicken
2. A piece of ginger
3. 5 green chilies
4. 1 onion
5. 1 lime
6. A half of bunch of Cilantro (Coriander)

ပါဝင္ပစၥည္းမ်ား

- ၾကက္တစ္ေကာင္
-ဂ်င္း (လက္တစ္ဆစ္ခန္႔)
- င႐ုတ္သီးအစိမ္း (၅ လံုး)
- ၾကက္သြန္နီ တစ္လံုး
- သံပုရာသီးတစ္လံုး
- နံနံပင္


How to do?
1. Cut the chicken into 4 or 5 pieces
2. Bring a cup salted water to a simmer.
3. Add Chickens and cover and cook over low heat until it is cooked. 
4. When it is well done, drain the water.
5. Then shred the chicken and add chili slices and onion slices
6. Add Lime juice and salt a bit and mix it.
7. Toss with cilantro.

ဘယ္လိုလုပ္ရမလဲ?

၁။ ၾကက္တစ္ေကာင္ကို ၄ စိတ္ သို႔မဟုတ္ ၅ စိတ္ စိတ္ပါ။
၂။ အိုးထဲမွာ ေရတစ္ခြက္ေလာက္ထည့္၊ ဆားနဲနဲထည့္ ၿပီး ဆူေအာင္တည္ထားပါ။
၃။ ၿပီးရင္ ၾကက္သားေတြ ကို ေရပူထဲ ထည့္ၿပီး အဖံုးဖံုးၿပီး မီးနည္းနည္းနဲ႔ က်က္ေအာင္ခ်က္ေပးပါ။
၄။ ၾကက္သားက်က္ရင္ ကိုယ္လိုသေလာက္ အရြယ္အစား ကို လက္နဲ႔ ႏႊာေပးပါ။
၅။ ၿပီးရင္ လွီးထားတဲ့ င႐ုတ္သီးစိမ္း နဲ႔ ၾကက္သြန္နီ၊ ဆား နဲနဲ ကို ၾကက္သားထဲ ထည့္ပါ။
၆။ သံပုရာသီး ညစ္ထည့္ုပီးႏွယ္ပါ။
၇။ ႀကိဳက္ရင္ နံနံပင္ ေလးျဖဴးစားႏိုင္ပါတယ္။

ဆီမပါပဲ ခ်ဥ္စပ္ေလးမို႔ အရသာေတြ႕ၾကမယ္ထင္ပါတယ္။


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Bamboo Shoots Soup

Ingredients

1. A pack of bamboo shoots
2. 1 teaspoon of crushed red chili
3. 1 tablespoon of shrimp/fish paste
4. 1 tablespoon of dried shrimp powder
5. Salt

How to do?

1. Slice the bamboo and then wash
2. Pour some of the water (as you desire) into a pot.
3. Add Shrimp Paste and shrimp powder and salt
4. Bring to a boil and add Bamboo Shoots slices and chili crushed powder
5. Bring it back to a boil again and adjust the taste.

Now, you know how easy to make it. :)

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Cucumber with small dried shrimps

Ingredients

1. 2 Cucumbers
2. 1 table spoon of chilli paste
3. 2 table spoons of dried shrimps
4. 1 tea spoon of shrimp paste (fish paste)
5. Coriander (cilantro) leaves or lemon basil leaves


How to do?
1. Pound first dried shrimps into course paste or powder
2. Peel cucumber and cut it into desired pieces (Not small size)
3. Wash and put them into a medium pot and add chili paste, pounded shrimp powder, shrimp paste (fish paste), salt
5. Pour some water to cover the cucumbers. (be careful Not to add too much water)
6. Cook it over high or medium.
7. When it boils, remove from the heat and Add Coriander leaves or lemon basil leaves

Then ready to eat.

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Oyster yellow curry

Ingredients
1. A jar of shucked Oyster meat
2. 1 shallot
3. 1/2 inches of ginger
4. 1/4 tbls of turmeric powder
5. 2 tbls of cooking oil


How to do?
1. Rinse the oysters after draining them.
2. Pound Shallot and Ginger to be a course paste
3. Add oil, paste and turmeric powder into a pan and saute'
4 Then, add oysters and pour the small amount of water and bring to a boil.
6. Adjust the taste.

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Roasted dried small shrimp

Ingredients

1. A pack of  dried small shrimp
2. Green chilies (You don't need to slice)
3. Salt if necessary (Some dried small shrimps are already salty.)
4. A slice of lemon

How to do?

1. Wash the dried shrimps
2. Put in a saucepan.
3. Add green chilies and salt (if necessary)
4. Roast over the low heat and stir continuously.
5. When the shrimps are cooked well, it will ready to serve.

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Long beans with shrimp paste


Ingredients

1. 1 bunch of long beans
2. 1/2 tbls of shrimp paste
3. Green chilli slices (3 to 4 chilies)
4. 1 tbls of dry shrimps (optional)
5. Salt to taste


How to do?
1. Chop the long bean into 2 inches segment.
2. Set aside after washed them.
3. Pour a small amount of water (1 to 2 in ) into a saucepan.
4. And add shrimp paste and salt.
5. Bring to a boil over high heat.
6. Then add the long beans and chili slices.
** Do not cover the lid
7. When the long beans are cooked well, it will be ready to eat.

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Green Eggplant with dried small shrimp

Ingredient


1. 8 or 9 small green eggplants
2. Sliced Green Chilies (4 to 6 chilies)
3. 1/2 teaspoon of Shrimp Paste
4. A cup of coriander leaves
5. A pack of dried small shrimps (You may use half a pack)
6. salt to taste



How to do?
1. Cut each eggplant into 4 pieces and wash them.
2. Put the eggplants into a saucepan.
3. Add the chili slices and shrimp paste
4. Pour water.  (just cover the eggplants)
5. Cook over high heat and bring to a boil.
6. Add dry shrimps and salt
7. When the eggplants are cooked well, turn off the heat.
8. Sprinkle the coriander leaves.

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Smelt Fish curry

Ingredients
1. 1 pack (about 20 to 30 fishes) of smelt fish
2. 1 shallot
3. 2 in of ginger
4. 1/4 tbls of turmeric powder
4. Green chilies slices (5 to 6 chilies)
5. 1/4 tbls of fish paste
6. A lump of tamarind (soak in water)
7. A cup of coriander
8. Salt


How to do?
1. Clean and wash the smelt fishes.
2. Blend or pound the shallots and ginger.
3. Put the fishes into a saute pan.
4. Add the pounded/blended onion and ginger.
5. And add turmeric powder and fish paste.
6. Pour small amount of water and add salt to taste.
7. Cook it over medium heat and bring to a boil.
8. Add tamarind juice by squeezing the soaked tamarind and chili slices.
9. Reduce heat to low until the fishes are cooked well.
10. Sprinkle coriander leaves over it.

Perfect Match : Roselle leaves soup (Chaing Pong Hunn Ray)
http://rakhinefood.blogspot.com/2012/04/roselle-leaves-soup-chaing-pong-hunn.html

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Chili and raw Tamarind paste


Ingredients
1.  Green raw tamarinds (7 to 10)
2.  15 green chilies
3.  1 tablespoon shrimp paste
4.  1 tablespoon of dried shrimp
5.  Salt


How to do?
1. Wash the tamarinds properly.
2.  Place the tamarinds into the mortar  and pestle.
3.  Pound with the pestle a few times
4. Add chilies and pound again.
5. Add shrimp paste and dried shrimps
5. Add salt to taste
6. Pound to a coarse paste.

Try it. It will make you get the best appetite. :)

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Crab Fingers with Basil Leaves

Ingredients

1.     1.5 kg of crab fingers
2.     3 tablespoons of red chilli paste
3.     1 teaspoon of rice powder
4.     1 small shallot (coarse paste)
5.     ¼ tablespoon of shrimp paste
6.     ¼ tablespoon of turmeric powder
7.     A lump of tamarind (soak in water)
8.     Salt and chicken stock
    9.  A cup of basil leaves


How to do?
1.     Wash crab fingers and crack them gently.
2.     Put them into a medium pot.
3.     Add chilli paste, shrimp paste, shallot coarse paste, turmeric powder and rice powder.
4.     Pour water as you desired
5.     Cook it over medium heat and bring to a boil.
6.     Add tamarind juice by squeezing the soaked tamarind.
7.     Add salt and chicken stock and try the taste.
8.     Sprinkle basil leaves

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Tomato and Cabbage salad (Sat Tha Ni)

Ingredients

1. 3 or 4 tomatoes
2. 3/4 of small cabbage
3. 1 onion (sliced)
4. 4 or 5 green chillies (Sliced)
5. Salt and chicken stock


How to do?

1. Cut tomatoes into very thin slices.
2. Set aside
3. Shred cabbage very thinly
4. Put tomatoes slices and cabbage slices into a bowl.
5. Add onion slices and green chilles slices
5. Mix all together
6. Add salt and chicken to taste

This salad and chicken curry are perfect match. :)

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Potato cake


Ingredients
 - 5 large potatoes
- 3 tablespoons corn flour powder
- 25 grams chopped meat (chicken or pork or beef)
- 2 medium onions (sliced)
- 6 or 7 green chillies
- 1/4 tbl turmeric powder
- Peanut oil for frying
- A pack of masala
- Salt and chicken stock
How to do?
1. Boil the potatoes until they are cooked and softened.
2. Peel the potatoes and mash.
3, Add salt and corn flour powder
4. Mix well together and set aside.
5. Heat oil (1 tbl) in a saucepan and fry the chopped meat
6.  Add masala powder, turmeric powder, onion slices, sliced green chillies, salt and chicken stock.
7. Keep stirring until it is cooked.
8. Take a lump of mashed potato and form a around 4cm dia ball of potato in your hand.
9. Flatten the potato into a disc and fill a spoon of cooked meat and wrap the potatoe into a flat ball.
10. Garnish the corn flour powder over the balls.
11. Preheat a deep fryer and drop the balls into the hot oil
12. Wait until they turn into golden color.

Potato cakes are ready for you. :)

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Roasted Ray Fish Salad


Ingredients

  1. ½ kg Ray Fish
  2. 10 – 15 green chillies
  3. 1 shallot
  4. 1 big onion (Sliced)
  5. 0.5 inch of ginger
  6. 1 lime (Sliced)
  7. A cup of coriander leaves
How to do?
  1. Roast ray fish in oven
  2. Debone the roasted fish.
  3. Roast green chillies in a flat pan.
  4. Pound green chillies together with shallot and ginger into a coarse paste.
  5. Mix deboned roasted fish and chillies paste.
  6. Squeeze lime slices to add lime juice.
  7. Add salt and chicken stock to taste.
  8. Sprinkle onion slices and coriander leaves.


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Rakhine green chilli paste




Ingredients

  1. 25 to 30 small green chilies
  2. 4 garlic cloves
  3. 1 tablespoon shrimp paste
  4. 1 tablespoon dried shrimp (optional)
  5. Salt and chicken stock

How to do?

  1. Roast green chillies in a pan until its skins are blistered.
  2. Place the roasted chillies into a mortar and pestle.
  3. Add shrimp paste, garlic cloves, dried shrimp paste, salt and chicken stock.
  4. Pound into a coarse paste.


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Bottle Gourd and Glass noodles soup


Ingredients

-          1 bottle gourd
-          1 pack (100 g) glass noodle
-          100 g dried bean curd
-          2 cups of fresh or dried black wood ear mushroom (optional)
(also called "tree ear" or "black fungus")
-          An thin omelette
-          1 cup of baby prawns
-          1 teaspoon of shrimp paste
-          A cup of coriander leaves
-          Salt and chicken stock
How to do?
  1. Peel and Cut the bottle gourd into serving size of pieces
  2. Soak bean curd and glass noodles
  3. Clean baby prawns and remove its shells
  4. Pound baby prawns into coarse paste and set aside
  5. Pour water as you desired into a medium pot
  6. Add baby prawns paste and shrimp paste
  7. Cook it over medium heat and bring a boil
  8. Add salt and chicken stock to taste
  9. Add bottle gourd pieces and soaked dried bean curd and mushrooms
  10. When bottle gourd pieces are cooked well, add glass noodles
  11.  Chop omelette into a small pieces
  12.  Sprinkle chopped omelette and coriander leaves over the soup


Please try it. It is so yummy.

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Green Eggplant with Small Potatoes (Kha Ran Thee nat Ar Lu Chay)


Ingredients

-         10 small green eggplants
-         50 kg small potatoes
-         10 green chillies (sliced)
-         1 tablespoon shrimp paste
-         Salt and chicken stock to taste
-         A cup of coriander leaves
How to do?

  1. Cut each eggplant into four parts.
  2. Cut small potatoes in half
  3. After they are washed, put them into a saucepan.
  4. Add chillies and shrimp paste
  5. Pour 2 cup of water
  6. Cook over a medium heat.
  7. When it starts to boil, add salt and chicken stock.
  8. After most of water has been absorbed, sprinkle coriander leaves.
 

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Shrimp and cucumber soup

 
Ingredients
 
  1. ½ kg medium shrimp
  2. 2 cucumbers
  3. 3 and ½ tablespoons red chilli paste
  4. 1 teaspoon of shrimp paste
  5. ¼ tablespoon of turmeric powder
  6. A cup of fresh basil leaves
  7. Salt and chicken stock
 
How to do?
      
1.    Devein and wash shrimps
2.    Peel cucumber and cut into serving-size pieces
3.    Place shrimps and cucumber slices in to a medium pot.
4.    Add Chilli paste and shrimp paste.
5.    And , add turmeric powder
6.    Add water as you desired
7.    Cook it over medium heat.
8.    When it gets boiled, add salt and chicken stock to taste.
9.    Add basil leaves.

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Fish head soup


Ingredients

- 1 Fish head (I used catfish head)
- 3 tablespoons of red chilli paste
- 2.5 tablespoons of peanut oil
- 1 shallot
- 5 cloves of garlic
- 1 inch piece of ginger
- ¼ tablespoon of turmeric powder
- 2 or 3 stalks of fresh lemongrass (Sliced)
- 2 lemons (Sliced)
- ¼ tablespoon of shrimp paste
- Salt and chicken stock
- A cup of coriander leaves or basil leaves


How to do?

  1. Clean and wash fish head
  2. Pound shallot, garlic and ginger together.
  3. Heat oil in a pot over low heat.
  4. Add chilli paste, turmeric powder, shallot, ginger, garlic paste and shrimp paste and sauté.
  5. Add fish head and pour water as you desired.
  6. Add sliced lemongrass and bring to a boil.
  7. Add squeezed lemon juice
  8. Add salt and chicken stock and adjust the taste.
  9. Sprinkle with coriander leaves or basil leaves.

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Squid Salad (Ra Gra Thoat)

Ingredients

  1. ½ kg squid
  2. 12 green chillies
  3. 1 shallot
  4. ½ inch piece of ginger
  5. 1 teaspoon of black pepper
  6. 1 lime (sliced)
  7. A cup of coriander leaves
  8. Salt and chicken stock

How to do?
 
  1. Pour some water into a pot and add 1/2 teaspoon salt.
  2. Heat to boiling over high heat               
  3. Clean squid and rinse them under cold running water.
  4. Add them to boiling water
  5. Cook until tender
  6. When they are cooked very well, drain water and let it be cool.
  7. After that, slice squid into rings or cut into serving-size pieces and set aside
  8. Roast green chillies in a pan until its skins are blistered.
  9. Pound roasted chillies, ginger, shallot and pepper together into a coarse paste.
  10. Mix squid slices and coarse paste in a big bowl.
  11. Add salt and chicken stock to taste
  12. Squeeze lime slices as you desire
  13. Sprinkle coriander leaves

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