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Because
Myanmar has diverse geographical features, favorable
seasonal conditions and is naturally endowed with
fertile soil and water resources, it boasts an abundant
supply of food in a great variety all year around.
Myanmar people enjoy rice as their main food and it
comprises about 75% of the diet. Rice is served with
meat or fish, soup, salad and vegetables all cooked in
their own ways, and some relishes to complement the
meal.
During meals, all the dishes are laid out on the dining
table and served together so that diners can make their
own choices and combinations. Although the dishes are
prepared in a variety of ways, the most common method is
to cook meat or fish in oil, seasoned with pounded
onion, garlic, ginger, turmeric, chili and spices, and
simmer until all or most of the water evaporates. The
essential and most popular condiment is a kind of relish
made from preserved fish or prawn, served with chili
powder.
Most traditional snacks, which are rich in variety and
taste, are generally made with rice or glutinous rice.
Soups
and Salads
 There
are many different styles of soup. There are sweet
broths that are clear and bland and contain meat or fish
and certain vegetables. There are bitter soups that are
also clear but peppery and spicy, usually to go with
salads as a fast food combination. Some soups are rather
sour and made so with the aid of tamarind pulp or
tomato. They mostly contain vegetables to lessen the
richness of a meal. Finally, there are bean soups of
various kinds that are thick and tasty and usually
splashed over rice as a dampener.
Salads in Myanmar traditional food are different to
western counterparts. Myanmar salads are a combination
of raw, boiled or preserved vegetables, cooked meat or
fish, slices of onion, tamarind juice, chili powder,
fish sauce, fried shredded garlic in cooked oil, and
pounded dried prawn, all mixed thoroughly by hand.
Because of the variety of ingredients, the taste is
wonderful and salads can either make an appetizing dish
at meals or can be served singly as fast food
complemented by a bowl of hot, spicy soup.
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Snacks
 Most
Myanmar snacks are made of rice or glutinous rice, milk
or grated shreds of coconut, and sugar or jaggery as
sweeteners. Myanmar people are very fond of snacks
either breakfast items, as fast food or as at tea-times.
Although there are a number of traditional snacks, the
most popular is Mohinga or rice noodle served with fish
gravy.
The other famous item is Ohnnoh Khauk Swe or noodle
served with rich coconut soup flavoured with chicken.
Kyarsan Chet or vermicelli in spicy chicken soup is
another favourite snack.
Also popular are Khauk Swe Thoke or noodle salad, Ah
Kyaw or assorted fries, Bein Mont or rice pancake, Mont
Sein Paung or steamed rice cake, Mont Lone Gyi or rice
dumpling with coconut filling, Kauk Nyin Paung or
steamed glutinous rice, and Shwe Yin Aye or coconut
cream sherbet.
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Main Dishes
 Main
dishes in a typical Myanmar meal can be classified as
meat or fish, vegetables or salads, and some kind of
soup. In the meat or fish category, dishes such as
chicken, duck, pork, mutton, fish and prawns, and eggs
cooked in water, oil and other spices.
But beef is usually not served. Vegetables are cut and
cooked in various ways, usually with a small amount of
oil and dried prawn to enhance the taste. Salads are
mostly made of raw, cooked or preserved vegetables, or
sometimes meat, fish or prawn, added with a number of
ingredients to enrich the flavour. There are four main
types of soups: sweet broth, hot and spicy, sour, and
bean soup.
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Ngapi
Ngapi means
pressed fish. Fish paste and shrimp paste are two kinds
of Ngapi. Shrimp paste is shrimps crushed with salt into
fairly dry paste. It is used in most dishes, especially
in rosella soup. Another common side dish is fried Ngapi
(Balachaung). It is fried shrimp paste with pounded
dried shrimp, crushed garlic and onions and chilies.
Another shrimp paste dish is roasted shrimp paste with
peanut oil and a squeezed lemon.
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Ngapi Yae Kyo
It is also a popular Myanmar side dish, which can be
made from a kind of fish paste including big pieces of
fish. The fish paste is boiling with saffron until it
becomes thick. Pounded dried shrimp or crashed cooked
fish, pounded garlic, roasted crashed tomatoes and
chilies are combined with it. It is eaten with a variety
of vegetables either raw or boiled (called toh-sayar).
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 Dessert
Myanmar people do not always have dessert during normal
meals at home, but it is customary when entertaining a
guest or giving a charity feast. Apart from fruits of
various kinds, the most common desert is laphet or
pickled tea leaves salad served with roasted sesame
seeds and peanuts, fried beans and garlic, and a small
amount of dried prawn. Shwe Kyi or rich semolina, is
another popular dessert served at feasts and on special
occasions.
Kyauk Kyaw or seaweed jelly, mostly with a coconut milk
layer on top, is also a
common desert. Thagu or Thagu Byin , which may have
acquired its name from the Malay origin, is sago or
tapioca pudding sweetened with jaggery and enriched with
coconut. Finally, the humblest of Myanmar traditional
desserts is jaggery, a complimentary dessert provided in
Myanmar meal shops and the only dessert popular with
rural families especially in Upper Myanmar.
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