ဒေသစာRegional cooking
Rakhine Coastရခိုင်
The Bay of Bengal shore: fish sauce heat, green chilies, and mont di eaten standing up.
15 recipes
၅Soups & Broths · 55 min · Intermediate
Ar Pu Shar Pu, the Burning-Mouth Bowl
Sittwe's famous hot-and-sour seafood soup — fish, prawns, and squid in a tamarind broth pounded through with green chilies, finished with lime and herbs.
၄Salads & Thoke · 35 min · Intermediate
Kamar Thoke, Rakhine Oyster Saladကမာသုပ်
Rakhine's oyster salad — plump oysters barely poached, then tossed with shallots, green chili, lemongrass, and lime, and served back on the shell.
၃Curries · 50 min · Beginner
Nga Chauk Chet, Dried-Fish Monsoon Curryငါးခြောက်ချက်
A Rakhine monsoon curry of dried fish — soaked, then simmered with tomato, green chili, and tamarind into a lean, deeply savory pot built for rice.
၄Salads & Thoke · 25 min · Beginner
Nga Chauk Thoke, Dried Fish Saladငါးခြောက်သုပ်
A fiery Rakhine dried-fish salad — nga chauk fried crisp, pounded to flakes, and tossed with shallots, green chili, and lime, with barely any oil at all.
၃Curries · 265 min · Intermediate
Nga Tha Lauk Paung, Slow-Steamed Hilsaငါးသလောက်ပေါင်း
Hilsa steamed low and slow the Rakhine way — with tamarind, tomato, and green chili in a sealed pot until even the fish's thousand bones melt to softness.
၁Rice & Foundations · 25 min · Beginner
Ngapi Kyaw, Fried Fish-Paste Relishငါးပိကြော်
Rakhine's fried ngapi relish — fish paste sizzled with shallots, garlic, and green chili into a dark, fierce spoonful that seasons a whole table of rice.
၄Salads & Thoke · 25 min · Beginner
Pazun Chauk Thoke, Dried Prawn Saladပုစွန်ခြောက်သုပ်
Rakhine's dried-prawn salad — sweet coastal shrimp pounded to floss, tossed with shallots, green chili, and lime, and finished with a spoon of garlic oil.
၆Street & Fritters · 45 min · Intermediate
Pazun Kyaw, Coastal Prawn Frittersပုစွန်ကြော်
Crisp Rakhine-style prawn-and-shallot fritters in a lacy turmeric rice batter, fried street-style and served with a chili-tamarind dipping sauce.
၄Salads & Thoke · 30 min · Intermediate
Pyi Gyi Nga Thoke, Fiery Squid Saladပြည်ကြီးငါးသုပ်
Rakhine's hot-and-sour squid salad — quick-blanched rings tossed with pounded charred chili, garlic, shallots, and lime, with no oil to break the fall.
၃Curries · 60 min · Intermediate
Rakhine Ganan Hin, the Lean Crab Curryရခိုင်ဂဏန်းဟင်း
Rakhine crab curry the lean western way — cracked mud crab simmered in a thin, fiery broth of green chili, tomato, and tamarind, with two spoons of oil.
၃Curries · 55 min · Beginner
Rakhine Fish Curryရခိုင်ငါးဟင်း
Rakhine's lean, fiery fish curry — fresh fish simmered with pounded green chilies, garlic, and turmeric in barely a spoonful of oil, the anti si pyan.
၄Salads & Thoke · 25 min · Beginner
Rakhine Ngapi Thoke, the Pounded Fireငါးပိသုပ်
Rakhine's roasted fish-paste salad — marine ngapi pounded with green chili, garlic, and lime, served the western-coast way with crisp vegetables and rice.
၇Sweets & Mont · 85 min · Intermediate
Saw Hlaing Mont, Rakhine Millet Cake
Rakhine's baked millet cake — a dense, fragrant slab rich with coconut milk, jaggery, butter, and raisins, baked slowly until the top turns deep amber.
၅Soups & Broths · 40 min · Beginner
Chin Yay Hin, the Rakhine Sour Soupချဉ်ရည်ဟင်း
Rakhine's fierce, oil-free sour soup — flaky white fish in a tamarind broth with green chili and garlic, sharp enough to wake up a whole plate of rice.
၂Noodles & Mohinga · 70 min · Intermediate
Rakhine Mont Di, the Fiery Bowlမုန့်တီ
Rakhine's fiery fish noodle soup from the Mrauk-U coast — a clean pepper-and-chili broth over thin rice vermicelli, served soup-style or tossed as a thoke.