Burmese salads

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

Shan tofu salad as served in Yangon, Myanmar

Burmese salads, transliterated as athoke, thohk or thouk, are part of Burmese cuisine. The salads include rice, noodle, potato, ginger, tomato, kaffir lime, long bean, lahpet (pickled tea leaves), and ngapi (fish paste) salads. They are popular as fast foods in Burmese cities. Burmese noodle salads include wheat noodles or rice noodles. Fermented tea leaf and pickled ginger are two classic dishes.

Chennai, India

In Chennai, India a dish referred to as atho (அத்தோ) or athoke is a mixture of noodles, shredded cabbage and onions garnished with tamarind, salt, fried onions, chili flakes, garlic and ajinomoto seasoning (rarely). It is of Burmese origin and served by Burmese refugees working as vendors in Chennai. It may be a version of khauk swe thoke and is described as being golden and gooey.

List of a thoke dishes

• Laphet thoke, fermented tea leaf salad
• Ngapi thoke, ngapi salad
• Thayet chin thouk
• Tophu thoke, tofu salad
• Khauk swe thoke
• Gyin thoke, ginger salad
• Nan gyi thohk

More a thoke (salads)

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Bazun thoke	ပုဇွန်သုပ်			Pickled prawn salad.
Gyin thoke	ဂျင်းသုပ်			Ginger salad with sesame seeds and assorted fried beans.
Khauk swè thoke	ခေါက်ဆွဲသုပ်‌			Wheat noodle salad with dried shrimps, shredded cabbage and carrots, dressed with fried peanut oil, fish sauce and lime.
Htamin thoke	ထမင်းသုပ်‌			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.
Let thoke sone	လက်သုပ်စုံ			Similar to htamin thoke with shredded green papaya, shredded carrot, ogonori sea moss and often wheat noodles.
Nan gyi thoke	နန်းကြီးသုပ်‌			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.
Nanbyagyi thoke	နန်းပြား‌ကြီးသုပ်			As above with tagliatelle.
Shauk thi thoke	ရှောက်သီးသုပ်			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 (often served with kya zan hinga).
Samuza thoke	ဆမူဆာသုပ်‌		Indian	Samosa salad with onions, cabbage, fresh mint, potato curry, masala, chili powder, salt and lime.
Lahpet thoke	လက်ဖက်သုပ်		Shan	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.
Nga baung thoke	ငါးပေါင်းသုပ်		Mon	Mixed vegetables and prawn, wrapped in morinda leaves and banana leaves outside.
Kya zan thoke	ကြာဆံသုပ်		Rakhine	Glass vermicelli salad with boiled prawn julien and mashed curried duck eggs and potatoes.
Thayet chin thoke	သရက်ချဉ်သုပ်			Fermented green mango salad with onions, green chilli, roasted peanuts, sesame and peanut oil.
Thinbaw thi thoke	သင်္ဘောသီးသုပ်		Shan and Thai	Papaya salad of shredded papaya, mixed with ground dried shrimp, onions, and fried garlic; tossed in garlic oil, lemon juice, and a little hot chili pepper.
Tofu thoke	တို့ဟူးသုပ်		Shan	Fresh Burmese tofu, cut into small rectangular slices, dressed and garnished with peanut oil, dark soy sauce, rice vinegar, toasted crushed dried chilli, crushed garlic, crushed roasted peanuts, crisp-fried onions, and coriander.

Gallery

A street vendor preparing Shan tofu salad in Mandalay, Myanmar

Khauk swè thoke

Pickled tea (laphet thoke), ginger salad and fried peas

Laphet thoke (pickled tea salad)

Pickled tea leaves salad
(laphet thoke)