List of Burmese dishes

The following is a list of dishes found in Burmese cuisine. Burmese cuisine includes dishes from various regions of Burma (now officially known as Myanmar). The diversity of Myanmar's cuisine has also been contributed to by the myriad of local ethnic minorities. The Bamars are the most dominant group, but other groups including the Chin people also have distinct cuisines. Burmese cuisine is characterized by extensive use of fish products like fish sauce and ngapi (fermented seafood). Owing to the geographic location of Myanmar, Burmese cuisine has been influenced by Chinese cuisine, Indian cuisine and Thai cuisine.

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Burmese salads

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Bazun thoke	‹See Tfd›ပုစွန်သုပ်			Pickled prawn salad.
Gyin thoke	‹See Tfd›ချင်းသုပ်			Ginger salad with sesame seeds and assorted fried beans.
Khauk swè thoke	‹See Tfd›ခေါက်ဆွဲသုပ်			Wheat noodle salad with dried shrimps, shredded cabbage and carrots, dressed with fried peanut oil, fish sauce and lime.
Htamin thoke	‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›လက်သုပ်စုံ (အသုပ်စုံ)			Similar to htamin thoke with shredded green papaya, shredded carrot, ogonori sea moss and often wheat noodles.
Nan gyi thoke	‹See Tfd›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	‹See Tfd›နန်းပြားသုပ်			As above with tagliatelle.
Shauk thi thoke	‹See Tfd›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	စမူဆာသုပ်		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	တိုဟူးသုပ်		Shan	Fresh yellow 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.

Bamar-influenced

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Mohinga	မုန့်ဟင်းခါး			The unofficial national dish of rice vermicelli in fish broth with onions, garlic, ginger, lemon grass and sliced tender core of banana-stem, served with boiled eggs, fried fish cake (nga hpe) and fritters (akyaw).
Kat kyi hnyat	ကပ်ကြေးညှပ်‌		Dawei, Myeik	Lit. 'cut with scissors', a southern coastal dish (from the Dawei area) of rice noodles with a variety of seafood, land meats, raw bean sprouts, beans and fried eggs comparable to pad thai.
Kya yoe hinga	ကြာရိုးဟင်းခါး			Lotus roots in clear chicken or fish broth.
Kyar zan hinga	ကြာဆံဟင်းခါး			glass noodle soup with dried shrimp, wood-ear mushrooms, egg, dried flowers, onions.
Ngapi jet	ငါးပိချက်			Fermented spicy fish paste or salted fish curried with onions, tomatoes, garlic, chilli and coriander served with to za ya, vegetables fresh or boiled, on the side.
Ngapi gyaw	ငါးပိကြော်			Fried version with dried shrimp, onions, garlic and dried chilli.
Hsi htamin	ဆီထမင်း			Glutinous rice cooked with turmeric and onions in peanut oil, and served with toasted sesame and crisp fried onions, a popular breakfast like kao hnyin baung and ngacheik paung.

Chinese-inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Kyay oh	ကြေးအိုး		Chinese (from quetayong)	Vermicelli noodles in soup with pork offal and greens.
Be kin	ဘဲကင်		Chinese	Roasted duck.
Hpet htoke	ဖက်ထုပ်		Chinese	Lit. leaf wrap, of meat, pastry paper, ginger, garlic, pepper powder, salt. Usually served with soup or with noodles.
Htamin gyaw	ထမင်း‌ကြော်		Chinese	Fried rice with boiled peas (pè byouk).
Kaw yay khauk swè	ကော်‌ရည်ခေါက်ဆွဲ		Sino-Burmese	Noodles and curried duck (or pork) in broth with eggs.
Mi swun	မီဆွမ်		Chinese	Very soft rice noodles, known as Mee suah in Singapore and Malaysia. It is a popular option for invalids, usually with chicken broth.
Panthay khauk swè	ပန်းသေးခေါက်ဆွဲ		Chinese	Halal noodles with chicken and spices, often served by the Muslim Panthay Chinese.
Pauk see	ပေါက်‌စီ		Chinese	Steamed buns filled with either pork and egg or sweet bean paste.
San byoke	ဆန်ပြုတ်		Chinese	Rice congee with fish, chicken or duck often fed to invalids.
Si gyet khauk swè	ဆီချက်ခေါက်ဆွဲ		Chinese	Wheat noodles with duck or pork, fried garlic oil, soy sauce and chopped spring onions. It is considered an 'identity dish' of Myanmar and Burmese Chinese, as it is not available in other Chinese cuisines. Sarawak's Kolok mee is a bit similar.
Wet tha doke htoe	ဝက်သားတုတ်ထိုး		Chinese	Pork offal cooked in light soy sauce. Eaten with raw ginger and chilli sauce.

Indian-inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Chapati	ချပါတီ		Indian	Fried chapati, crispy and blistered, with boiled peas (pè-byohk), a popular breakfast next to nan bya.
Danbauk	ဒံပေါက်‌		Indian	Burmese-style biryani with either chicken or mutton served with mango pickle, fresh mint and green chili.
Htat taya	ထပ်တစ်ရာ		Indian	Lit. "a hundred layers", fried flaky multilayered paratha with either a sprinkle of sugar or pè byouk.
Htawbat htamin	ထောပတ်ထမင်း		Indian	Literally "butter rice," rice made with butter and mostly eaten with chicken curry.
Nan bya	နံပြား		Indian	Burmese style naan buttered or with pè byouk, also with mutton soup.
Palata	ပလာတာ		Indian	Burmese style paratha with egg or mutton.
Samusa	စမူဆာ		Indian	Burmese-style samosa with mutton and onions served with fresh mint, green chilli,onions and lime.
Kyit Sara			Indian	Semolina chicken or meat paste, Chicken or meat is boiled or cooked and removed all the bones and skin. It is then mixed with Semolina and dhal. Nowadays the mixture is easily put into the grinder and ground. But originally it was put in the big pot, stirred and pounded using a big ladle with a rounded lower edge. Once it turns into a thick paste it is sprinkled with cinnamon powder and deep-fried onion. Not only it is tasty but it is highly nutritious and easily digestible.
Shai Mai or Sa Wai			Indian	Roasted Seviyan Kheer boiled in sweet milk, served with fried cashews, raisins and coconut shreds.
Theezohn Chinyay Hin			Indian	Adaptation of South Indian Sambar, lit. vegetable all- sorts sour broth, with drumstick, lady's finger, egg plant, green beans, potato, onions, ginger, dried chilli, boiled egg, dried salted fish, fish paste and tamarind.

Kachin-inspired

English name	Burmese name	Image	Origin	Description
Kachin-style chicken curry	Chyet Kachin chet		Kachin	Kachin-style chicken curry is cooked with a variety of local herbs. The Kachin usually cook this dish without oil for health reasons.
Kachin pounded beef	Kachin ametar chyawk thawng		Kachin	Kachin pounded beef with herbs. The dish is unusual in that the beef is boiled, then fried, and then pounded in a mortar with spices, local mints, Sichuan pepper, chillies, garlic, and ginger.

Rakhine-inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Mont di	‹See Tfd›မုန့်တီ		Rakhine	A popular and economical fast food dish where rice vermicelli are either eaten with some condiments and soup prepared from nga-pi, or as a salad with powdered fish and some condiments. The daggertooth pike conger, called nga-shwe in Arakanese and Burmese, is the fish of choice.
Ngapi daung	ငါးပိထောင်း		Rakhine	An extremely spicy condiment made from pounded ngapi and green chilli.
Khayan thee nga chauk chet	ခရမ်းသီးငါးခြောက်ချက်		Rakhine	Brinjal cooked lightly with a small amount of oil, with dried fish and chilli.

Shan-inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Shan khauk swè	‹See Tfd›ရှမ်းခေါက်ဆွဲ		Shan	Rice noodles with chicken or minced pork, onions, garlic, tomatoes, chili, crushed roasted peanuts, young vine of mangetout, served with tohu jaw or tohu nway and pickled mustard greens (monnyinjin).
Htamin jin	‹See Tfd›ထမင်းချဉ်		Shan	A rice, tomato and potato or fish salad kneaded into round balls dressed and garnished with crisp fried onion in oil, tamarind sauce, coriander and spring onions often with garlic, Chinese chives roots (ju myit), fried whole dried chili, grilled dried fermented beancakes (pè bouk) and fried dried topu (topu jauk kyaw) on the side.
Meeshay	‹See Tfd›မြီးရှေ‌		Shan.	rice noodles with pork or chicken, bean sprouts, rice flour gel, rice flour fritters, dressed with soy sauce, salted soybean, rice vinegar, fried peanut oil, chilli oil, and garnished with crisp fried onions, crushed garlic, coriander, and pickled white radish OR mustard greens
Shan tohu	‹See Tfd›ရှမ်းတိုဟူး		Shan	A type of tofu made from chickpea flour or yellow split pea eaten as fritters (tohpu jaw) or in a salad (tohpu thohk), also eaten hot before it sets as tohu byawk aka tohu nway and as fried dried tohpu (tohu jauk kyaw).
Wet tha chin	‹See Tfd›ဝက်သားချဉ်		Shan	Preserved minced pork in rice.
Wet tha hmyit chin	‹See Tfd›ဝက်သားမျှစ်ချဉ်		Shan	Pork with sour bamboo shoots.
Kauk hnyin baung	‹See Tfd›ကောက်ညှင်းပေါင်း		Shan	Cooked glutinous rice with meat on a banana leaf.
Hin thote	‹See Tfd›ဟင်းထုပ်		Shan	Steamed meat and flour in banana leaves.

Mon-inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Thingyan htamin	သင်္ကြန်ထမင်း		Mon	Fully boiled rice in candle-smelt jasmine water served with mango salad and fried dried-prawn.
Wet mohinga	ရေစိမ်မုန့်ဟင်းခါး		Mon	Like mohinga but vermicelli is served while wet.

Karen inspired

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Talabaw	တာလပေါ		Karen	Primary ingredient is bamboo shoots, with a small amount of rice and some shreds of meat or seafood. One of the most well known soups in Myanmar, and widely considered to be the essential dish of Karen cuisine.

Hin

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Kyar zan hin	ကြာဆံဟင်း		Mandalay	glass noodle soup with chicken, wood-ear mushrooms, dried flowers, onions, boiled egg, garnished with coriander, thin-sliced onions, crushed dried chilli and a dash of lime.
Kalar hin	ကုလားဟင်း		South Indian	A South Indian dish made of dried snakefish, radish, carrots, eggplant, and okra.
Si byan	ဆီပြန်			Dish of meat or fish with condiments cooked in oil and water until all the water is boiled off leaving the meat or fish in an oily gravy.
Cho chin gyaw	ချိုချဉ်ကြော်			Sweet and sour dish of meat or fish with vegetables.
A sein gyaw	အစိမ်းကြော်		Chinese	Dish of fried green vegetables with meat, cabbage, cauliflower, carrot, green beans, baby corn, cornflour or tapioca starch, tomatoes, squid sauce.

Desserts

Burmese name	Burmese script	Image	Origin	Description
Halawa	ဟလဝါ		Pathein, Middle East origin	A snack made of sticky rice, butter, coconut milk, from Indian dessert halwa. Burmese halawa is in a loose form, something like smashed potato, without baking into a hard or firmer cake in contrast to sanwin makin.
Phaluda	ဖာလူဒါ		Indian	Similar to the Indian dessert falooda, rose water, milk, jello, coconut jelly, coconut shavings, sometimes served with custard and ice cream.
Shwe yin aye	ရွှေရင်အေး			Agar jelly, tapioca and sago in coconut milk.
Shwe gyi mont	ရွှေကြည်မုန့်		Mon	Hardened semolina (wheat) porridge cake with poppy seeds, sugar, butter, coconut.
Sanwin makin	ဆနွင်းမကင်း		Thai	Semolina (sooji) cake with raisins, walnuts and poppy seeds.
Mont let saung	မုန့်လက်ဆောင်း		Shan?	Tapioca balls, glutinous rice, grated coconut and toasted sesame with jaggery syrup in coconut milk.
Kyauk kyaw	ကျောက်ကျော			Agar jelly usually set in two layers with coconut milk.
Sut-hnan			Rakhine	Millet cooked in sweet milk with raisins.
Htoe mont	ထိုးမုန့်		Mandalay	Glutinous rice cake with raisins, cashews and coconut shavings.
Malaing lone	မလိုင်လုံး		Indian	Burmese-style gulab jamun.
Mont kalama	မုန့်ကုလားမ		Indian	Toffee-like delicacy made of coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour.
Saw hlaing mont			Rakhine	A baked sweet, made from millet, raisins, coconut and butter.
Nga pyaw thi baung			Rakhine	Bananas stewed in milk and coconut, and garnished with black sesame. Eaten either as a dish during meals, or as a dessert.
Ngapyaw baung	ငှက်ပျောပေါင်း		Mon	Banana pudding dessert made from banana boiled in coconut milk and sugar.
Htamanè	ထမနဲ		Mon	Savory dessert made from glutinous rice, fried shredded coconuts, peanuts, sesame seeds, oil.
Duyin yoe	ဒူရင်းယို		Mon	Durian jam (Katut jam).
La mont	လမုန့်		Chinese	An oily disk-shaped cake filled with either sugar or sweet bean paste.
Mont lone yay paw	မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ်			Glutinous rice balls with jaggery (palm sugar).
Thagu pyin	သာကူပြင်		Malay	Sago or tapioca pudding sweetened with jaggery and enriched with coconut.
Mont pyar thalet	မုန့်ပျားသလက်			Batter cake shaped like a honeycomb, made of rice flour with or without palm sugar syrup.
Mont kyoe lein	မုန့်ကြိုးလိမ်			Pretzel-like confection made of rice and bean flour.
Mont lay pway	မုန့်လေပွေ			Thin large crispies made from glutinous rice.
Mont lin mayar or mont oke galay	မုန့်လင်မယား or မုန့်အုပ်ကလေး			Snack of rice flour batter fried to a hemispherical shape in a dimpled pan, and served in pairs.
Pashu mont	ပသျှူးမုန့်		Malay	Confection of roasted glutinous rice flour mixed with sugar and coconut shreds.
Gadut mont	ကတွတ်မုန့်		Indian	Kind of Hindi sweetmeat in the form of a dumpling.
Bein mont	ဘိန်းမုန့်			Pancake made of rice flour, palm sugar, coconut chips, and peanuts, garnished with poppy seeds.
Khauk mont	ခေါက်မုန့်			Kind of circular pan- cake made of rice flour, palmsugar, coconut, etc. and folded to form a semicircle.
Aung bala mont	အောင်ဗလမုန့်			Rice pancake topped with syrup.
Mont kywe the	မုန့်ကျွဲသည်း			Pudding made of coarse rice flour boiled in palm sugar and lime water.
Yay mont	ရေမုန့်			Almost translucent sheets of rice flour folded around a filling of beans and coriander leaves.
Mont leik pyar	မုန့်လိပ်ပြာ			Thin rice dough skins with a centre filled with jaggery and coconut, and folded in squares.
Nan ka htaing	နံကထိုင်		Indian	Nankatai, an Indian cake made of saffron, flour, sugar and butter.
Ladu mont	လဒူမုန့်		Indian	Sweetmeat of Indian origin in the form of a ball.
Gyalabi	ဂျလေဘီ		Indian	Jalebi, kind of Indian sweetmeat.
Kulfee	ကူလ်ဖီ		Indian	Frozen dessert made of milk.
Dein gyin	ဒိန်ချဉ်			Burmese style yoghurt served with jaggery syrup.
Shwe htamin	ရွှေထမင်း			Baked sweetened glutinous rice and jaggery and garnished with coconut shavings.
Kao hlaingti mont	ကောက်လှိုင်းတီမုန့်			A snack made of sticky rice and local violet flowers as colouring.

See also

• Burmese cuisine
• List of ingredients in Burmese cuisine