Burmese
Burmese Tea Leaf Salad
A unique salad of fermented tea leaves, crispy beans and peanuts — Burma's most distinctive bowl.
Burmese Recipes
Burmese cuisine has a flavour all its own. Explore original, tested Burmese recipes from Tara’s Kitchen, written for everyday home cooks.
Burmese
Burmese
Burmese Mohinga
A deeply savoury fish-and-noodle soup with lemongrass and turmeric — Myanmar's undisputed national breakfast.
Burmese
Burmese Mohinga
A fish noodle soup with banana stem, ginger and lemongrass — Myanmar's national breakfast.
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Burmese Lahpet
Fermented tea leaves tossed with crispy fried beans, peanuts, sesame, cabbage and lime — Myanmar's most-loved…
Burmese
Burmese Shan Khao Swè
Burmese Shan-style noodle soup with chicken, tomato, peanuts and pickled mustard greens — bright, light, deeply…
Burmese
Burmese Lahpet Thoke
Burma's tea leaf salad — fermented green tea leaves with crunchy lentils, peanuts, sesame, cabbage and…
Burmese
Burmese Shan Noodle Soup
A tomato-pork-noodle soup from Myanmar's Shan State with chilli oil, crispy chickpeas, sesame and pickled mustard…
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Burmese Pork Belly Curry
Pork belly slow-cooked with onion, ginger, garlic, fish sauce and turmeric — Burma's rich, dark, signature…
About Burmese cooking
Do I need special ingredients?
Most of our Burmese recipes use ingredients you can find in a regular supermarket. Where something less common is needed, we suggest easy alternatives.
Are these recipes authentic?
They are inspired by Burmese flavours and traditions, written originally and adapted to be practical for the home kitchen.