Mohinga Myanmar (Burmese) Fish Soup
I was in Greensboro a couple of weeks ago and spotted a store -Myanmar grocery store (next to super G the Asian store), one of my sister in laws, the lovely Yu Yu is from Mynamar (Burma) so I had to go inside. After chatting with the owner and getting recipe tips and showing pictures of my dear sister in law. I came away with a packet of fish soup mix to make Mohinga a popular dish there, mostly eaten for breakfast. She even had the little fried bean fritters for sale frozen, (seen on left) just needed to be warmed up.
I love learning about others cultures and cuisines and often the very act of making the effort to cook a dish from another persons country shows you love them so this post is for you Yu Yu.
Ingredients:
- 1/2 a packet of soup stock - its made from
fish sauce, fish paste, ginger, banana stem, lemongrass, onions, garlic, chickpea flour - 1/2 a packet of the rice flour
- a little roasted garlic
- one small packet of vermicilli noodles
- 1/2 an onion chopped
- one boiled egg
- 4 cups of water
- chili powder to taste
Method:
- add about 1/2 the packet of the stock to a pan with 4 cups of water with the onion
- simmer for 15 minutes, then mix in the rice powder to thicken. This is first mixed with water to form a paste.
- meanwhile boil the noodles for 5 minutes
- serve the soup with the noodles, fritters and egg.
- garnish with roasted garlic and chili powder
I got married first in Scotland where my parents live, then in India (the pictures were taken from my phone from pictures on my wall, sorry not the best quality).
So if you have a family member, friend or neighbor take a moment and cook a dish from their country with them, sit a while, enquire about their homeland, traditions, religion the learning will enrich you too. So Yu Yu until we meet in person, here's a virtual meal for you. It was tasty soup, I am sure fresh is much better but this is a good option for folks living overseas according to this nice write up.
Great post!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your photos as well as the soup recipe. I'm afraid I don't have the proper ingredients for it, but I will keep my eyes open when i visit my Asian market.
ReplyDeleteStephen thanks for stopping by hope you find some
DeleteRebecca, what a wonderful idea. Lovely pictures you have there.
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteYou are so right- cooking a dish from another country can be a terrific learning adventure, love this fish soup Rebecca. Lovely photos too :)
ReplyDeletethanks Sandi
DeleteRebecca, agreed (but never thought of it before) cooking a dish from someone's culture shows love. I guess I worry I will not do it in an authentic manner.
ReplyDeletethat won't matter they will be touched you tried :-)
DeleteA wonderful post, Rebecca. It is wonderful to try recipes from other cultures, especially when you have a family member or friend from that place. Love the photos ;)
ReplyDeletethanks shame she;s not closer to cook together
DeleteLOVE this Rebecca. Like you, I love learning about different foods from different parts of the world! And wow...what lovely photos. Hope you are having a good week.
ReplyDeletegood thanks Roz :-) i know i love that about you
DeleteThanks for sharing and I love learning about different cuisines from other cultures. I find it fascinating to search soup with a hard boiled egg - but it sounds wonderful and I'm not sure why more people don't do this!
ReplyDeletethanks it actually worked well :-)
DeleteHow FASCINATING!! There's a Burmese restaurant I've been meaning to visit for quite some time now. I would love to try this dish!
ReplyDeleteoh thats neat you must try it
Deletemust be fun to have such a multicultural family, especially when you are foodie :).
ReplyDeleteyep its kind of cool
DeleteThanks for sharing this exotic recipe !
ReplyDeleteBTW the link to your blog from your page isn't working. you may want to fix that. Good luck with the shorty award :-)
thanks for letting me know my friend all fixed
DeleteI never knew you have Indian in laws -- that is so cool :) I am so proud!!
ReplyDeleteKiran he he my last name is a clue ha ah
DeleteThis looks yummy!
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DeleteI had this at a dish at a Burmese restaurant a while back. It is such a great dish and a great post :) Hope you are well Rebecca :)
ReplyDeletethanks Suresh I am well super busy with two little ones :-)
DeleteLove the family photos, Rebecca. Was fun to read you had two weddings!
ReplyDeletethanks I know was a neat experience crazy though all in the space of a week!
DeleteSo sweet, love the pics..two wedding how cool!
ReplyDeletethanks it was fun
Deleteit's my first time to see a recipe as such. thank you for sharing the wedding pics too. Im always amaze with how other cultures do their traditional weddings.
ReplyDeleteenjoy motherhood reb,
malou
thanks Malou I am its awesome
Deleteyou look like a doll in your wedding dress. You are so pretty Rebecca. Love photo of you sis in law's too :)
ReplyDeleteI never heard of this soup before but that's what i love about blog hopping :)
thanks sweet of you good memories
DeleteWow Rebecca love this soup look delicious!!!
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteLove this Rebecca-so fun to learn about foods from other cultures. You and your sister-in-law both look so beautiful in your wedding pictures (and the boys don't look too bad either :-)
ReplyDeletehe he they are cool too
DeleteThis is a completely new dish to me. Would love to try it!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing those photos...you look gorgeous ;-)
thanks Angie always fun to share
DeleteDelicious recipe and thank you for sharing your wedding photos! You look beautiful!
ReplyDeletethanks Nami
DeleteAwesome.. and the wedding pics are superb..:)
ReplyDeleteReva
thanks Reva :-)
DeleteLove to come here to learn something new.What a great photo of your sister in law.
ReplyDeleteRita
Rita aw thanks I love different cultures hugs
Deletehow cool! love the recipe and the pics!
ReplyDeletethanks
DeleteThat is one version of love - you are so right! It shows a willingness to open yourself up, to learn from another and experience the flavours and textures that other people have grown up with! Nice photos!
ReplyDeletethanks Ozoz i know you get this
DeleteWhat a delicious and simple recipe. Thanks for sharing, Rebecca. You have a great blog and I'm glad to have found it!
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by on my way over to yours :-_)
DeleteI love the presentation of this soup with all the little extras on the side. That's a great dish - simple, fresh, inexpensive and good for you - ticks all the boxes for me!
ReplyDeletelove the way you write :-)
DeleteWhat an interesting breakfast dish. Your presentation is beautiful Rebecca.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing the wedding photos with us. So pretty.
Sam
Sam oh my pleasure
ReplyDeleteRebecca you sound so much like me. I too love learning of different cultures and love making dishes from different ethnic cuisines. I always like to pick up ingredients that are different or new to me and discover how to use it. This soup sounds right up my ally. Just the other day I was in a restaurant with my sister and niece(when they were down visiting) this resaurant had Italian, American and Venezuelan cuisine and when he asked what we wanted I said Venezuelan and you should of seen his face light up when he was explaining all the Venezuelan dishes to us. We had such fun!! His mom even made a few things for us to try. Good food!
ReplyDeleteNow I have to learn some Dutch recipes where my family is from. I love seeing your beautiful photos, what a lovely family! Thanks for sharing.
Burma is one of those 'mysterious' places. I can imagine the cuisine must take influences from Indochina and South Asia and combine them in interesting ways. There's Burmese restaurant close to our home—now you've inspired me to try it!
ReplyDeleteLyndsey i always adore that about you and love your fun with cultures on your blog
ReplyDeleteFrank oh thats neat have fun eating there, and thanks for stopping by it means a lot to me