A FOOD TRADITION
Burmese Cuisine
Myanmar’s lowland cooking tradition combines rice, noodles, fish, fermented ingredients, pungent salads, and richly seasoned curries.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Atho
Atho is a Burmese noodle salad made with wheat noodles, shredded cabbage, aromatics, herbs, tangy tamarind, and chili.
Bein Mont
A Burmese sweet rice-flour pancake, typically cooked until crisp at the edges and finished with coconut milk, sugar, sesame, and sometimes peanuts.
Burmese Beef Curry
A Myanmar-style beef curry of tender beef simmered with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, chili, and oil into a richly spiced gravy.
Burmese Chicken Curry
A Burmese curry of chicken simmered with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, tomato, and oil into a richly seasoned sauce.
Burmese Egg Curry
A Burmese egg curry in which boiled eggs are served in an onion, tomato, garlic, and turmeric sauce; documented versions may fry the boiled eggs until golden before simmering or serving them with the sauce.
Burmese Faluda
A chilled Burmese dessert beverage layered with milk, rose syrup, basil seeds, jelly, vermicelli, and ice, often finished with sweet toppings.
Burmese Fish Curry
A Myanmar-style fish curry that simmers fish with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, tomato, and tamarind in a savory spiced sauce.
Burmese Pork Curry
A Burmese curry of pork braised with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, tomato, and oil until tender and deeply seasoned.
Burmese Prawn Curry
A Myanmar-style prawn curry that cooks prawns with onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, tomato, and chili in a fragrant oil-based gravy.
Burmese Samosa
A deep-fried Burmese pastry filled with potato, onion, cabbage, peas, and aromatic seasonings.
Burmese Tomato Salad
A Burmese salad of ripe tomatoes dressed with peanuts, sesame, aromatics, citrus, and commonly fish sauce.
Chin Baung Kyaw
A Burmese stir-fry of sour roselle leaves cooked with aromatics and oil, often finished with dried shrimp for savory depth.
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