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Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen

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Burmese meatball curry (Athar-lone hin)

Burmese meatball curry (Athar-lone hin)

Meatball curry is a common dish in Myanmar. Ther are regional variations in the meat used, more goat in the north and a mix of beef and pork in the south, but the essence of the dish remains the same. This dish exemplifies home-style cooking, elemental to its core, with the simplest of ingredients to create wonderful flavours. These meatball curries are influenced by Indian cuisine in their spice profile and by the Yunnanese technique of creating soft meatballs. In addition, colonial...

Burmese masala chicken (Kyet thar masala hin)

Burmese masala chicken (Kyet thar masala hin)

Burmese cuisine has been tremendously influenced by Indian cuisine. The reason for this is proximity and trade. Indian traders have...

Burmese fragrant cinnamon chicken (Kyet thar hin-hmwe)

Burmese fragrant cinnamon chicken (Kyet thar hin-hmwe)

I was looking for an easy chicken recipe for a last-minute lunch and this was the recipe that seemed to pop out in terms of flavour and...

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