Nan gyi thoke explained

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.

Etymology

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Aye, MiMi. . 2019-06-13. Bloomsbury Publishing. 978-1-4729-5948-5. en.
  2. Book: Tan, D. . Leahy . K. . Lee . J. . Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia . Ten Speed Press . 2017 . 978-1-60774-950-9 . June 21, 2017 . 26.
  3. Web site: 10 foods to try in Myanmar -- from tea leaf salad to Shan-style rice. Bush. Austin. CNN. en. 2020-05-31.