Sunday, January 17, 2016

Fish Rice Cake (Shan style)

Fish Rice Cake (Shan style)


Foods from Shan state are very popular in Myanmar. This is a popular Shan styled rice cake receipe where rices are mixed with fish and potato to make a cake. Though it is called “Sour Shan Rice” in Myanmar language, the receipe tastes only slightly sour but it’s usually smooth and sweet! The rice cake is often eaten as a breakfast or as a snack. Some may even prefer to eat the dish as a main course. The receipt can be cooked in matter of minutes. Let’s see how it is done.


Credit - http://www.wutyeefoodhouse.com


Ingredients
  • mrigal – 250 g (cut into large pieces)
  • 3 tomatoes, sliced
  • 1 tbs fish sauce

  • 2 large potatoes, boiled until tender
  • 4 cups cooked rice
  • 1 ts of salt
  • 2 ts of chicken powder
  • 1 ts of turmeric powder
  • 5 cloves of garlic, chopped
  • 4 tbs of vegetable oil
  • fresh of spring onion, sliced
  • 1 chive root
  • 8 fried dried red chillies
Preparation Recipes
1. Heat oil in a wok. Fry garlic until fragrant.
2. Add half teaspoon of turmeric and stir well 30 seconds.
3. Separate oil and fried garlic.
4. Add mrigal, tomatoes, half teaspoon of turmeric, fish sauce and 2 cups of water to the pot and boil it until all tomatoes are crushed.


5. Then remove the fishes from boiling pot, debone and skin, then flake flesh.

Fish Rice Cake Cooking Method:
1. In a large bowl, add rice, mashed potatoes, flake fish, tomatoes paste, turmeric oil, fried garlic, salt and chicken powder, and mix well by hand.

2. And make fish rice ball or fish rice cake by hand.
3. Add a few spring onions and fried garlic. Serve with chive root, dried red chillies and garlic.

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