Nan gyi thoke

Nan gyi thoke (Burmese: နန်းကြီးသုပ်‌, pronounced [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.^[1]

Nangyi thoke

Nan gyi thoke
Alternative names	Mandalay mont di (‹See Tfd›မန္တ​လေးမုန့်တီ)
Course	Breakfast, brunch
Place of origin	Mandalay, Myanmar
Main ingredients	Thick rice noodles, chicken or pork curry, toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilies, crispy noodles, hard-boiled egg slices, lime juice

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.^[1] Nan gyi (နန်းကြီး; lit. 'large thread') refers to the thick round rice noodles used in this salad.

See also

• Burmese cuisine
• List of salads
• Meeshay
• Ohn no khao swe
• Mont di

References

1. Aye, MiMi (2019-06-13). Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4729-5948-5.
2. Tan, D.; Leahy, K.; Lee, J. (2017). Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia. Ten Speed Press. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-60774-950-9. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
3. Bush, Austin. "10 foods to try in Myanmar -- from tea leaf salad to Shan-style rice". CNN. Retrieved 2020-05-31.

External links

• Nan gyi thoke - Burmese Noodles recipe