Nangyi thoke | |
Alternate Name: | Mandalay mont di |
Country: | Mandalay, Myanmar |
Course: | Breakfast, brunch |
Main Ingredient: | Thick rice noodles, chicken or pork curry, toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilies, crispy noodles, hard-boiled egg slices, lime juice |
Nan gyi thoke (Burmese: နန်းကြီးသုပ်, in Burmese pronounced as /náɰ̃d͡ʑíθoʊʔ/; also spelled nangyi thoke or nangyi dok) is an a thoke salad dish in Burmese cuisine, made with thick round rice noodles mixed with specially prepared chicken curry and chili oil.[1] [2] The dish is garnished with toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilis, crispy noodles, slices of hard-boiled egg, fish cakes, and zested with lime or lemon.[3] The noodle salad originated as a street food from Mandalay.
The salad is known by a number of different terms, including nan gyi thoke, nan gyi mont di, and is called Mandalay mont di in Yangon. Nan gyi (နန်းကြီး;) refers to the thick round rice noodles used in this salad.