Myanmar Food

Athot (A variety of noodle salads)

Myanmar Athot is a variety of noodles salad.

(1) Noodle salad (Kaukswe thot)

Ingredients

• A packet of noodle
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• ½ teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chilli powder
• a cup of tamarind juice
• some salt
• some Soyabean sauce
• 1 cucumber
• ¼ of cabbage

Steps to make

Boil 2 cups of water. When the water boils, put the packet of dried noodles. Stir and let the noodle cook. When the noodle is ready, pour off the water and let it rinse.

Put 2 teaspoons of Soyabean sauce into the noodles and stir. The soyabean sauce makes the noodle colored and give some taste. Peel off the skin of the cucumber and wash. Also wash the cabbage and slice it into small pieces.

Preparing the salad

Put some noodle in one bowl. Put somefish sauce, vinegar, tamarind juice, some salt, some cucumber and some cabbage. If you like spices, put some chilli powder too. Stir them nicely and now its ready to serve.

Note : These salads are usually served with some gourd soup.

(2) Vermicelli Salad (Kyarzan Thot)

Ingredients

• A packet of vermicelli
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• ½ teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• a cup of tamarind juice
• some salt
• some Soyabean sauce
• ¼ of cabbage
• 2 pieces of Tofu

Steps to make

Boil 2 cups of water. When the water boils, put the packet of dried noodles. Stir and let the noodle cook. When the noodle is ready, pour off the water and let it rinse.

Put 2 teaspoons of Soyabean sauce into the noodles and stir. The soyabean sauce makes the noodle colored and give some taste. Also wash the cabbage and slice it into small pieces. Fry the tofu and cut into small pieces.

Preparing the salad

Put some noodle in one bowl. Put somefish sauce, vinegar, tamarind juice, some salt, some fried tofu and some cabbage. If you like spices, put some chilli powder too. Stir them nicely and now its ready to serve.

Note : These salads are usually served with some gourd soup.

(3) A variety salad (Athot Sone)

Ingredients

• A packet of noodle
• A packet of vermicelli
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce
• ½ teaspoon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• a cup of tamarind juice
• some salt
• some Soyabean sauce
• 1 cucumber ¼ of cabbage
• 2 pieces of Tofu
• 3 potatoes
• 3 eggs
• 3 onions
• 2 cups of rice

Steps to cook

Boil 2 cups of water. When the water boils, put the packet of dried noodles. Stir and let the noodle cook. When the noodle is ready, pour off the water and let it rinse. Put 2 teaspoons of Soyabean sauce into the noodles and stir. The soyabean sauce makes the noodle colored and give some taste.

Peel off the skin of the cucumber and wash. Also wash the cabbage and slice it into small pieces. Boil the potatoes and the eggs. After boiling, peel off the potatoes skin and the egg shells. Then cut into small pieces. Peel of the skins of the onions, cut them into small slices and fried with oil, till the color turns red. Cook the rice with the rice cooker and cool it.

Preparing the salad

Put some noodle in one bowl. Also put some rice and vermicelli. Then apply some fish sauce, vinegar, tamarind juice, some salt, some cucumber, some cabbage, potato, eggs, and tofu. If you like spices, put some chilli powder too. Stir them nicely and now its ready to serve. It will give you a variety of tastes, which you will find very delicious.

Note : These salads are usually served with some gourd soup.