Myanmar Cold flat noodle salad/ Khauhswe toh

This is one of the many  typical Myanmar dishes.  We eat it for a meal or for an afternoon snack. It taste best with hot Jasmine tea or hot broth soup.

Everyone in my original family loves to eat this. Joshua loves it too. So, I taught him how to make this dish.

FYI- You can make quite a bit of fried garlic in oil and keep it in the fridge for many days.

Ingredients

• 2 Cups cooked flat egg noodles
• 1 teaspoon fish sauce- or more if you wish
• 1 Tablespoon lime or lemon juice
• 2 Tablespoons ground roasted peanuts
• 1 Tablespoon chopped up fresh Cilantro 
• 1/4 Cup cooking oil and 1 bulb garlic
• 1/2 Teaspoon turmeric powder
• 1 Tablespoon fried garlic and oil (To make this slice garlic thinly and fry them till golden brown.  Add turmeric powder at the end).

Instruction

• Put cooked cold noodles in bowl
• Pile every thing else on top ( see picture)
• Mix it all together adding more of fish sauce  and/or lime juice till you like the taste.
• Enjoy

    

Ragotoni Pasta in meat Sauce

This is another fun invention for Joshua and Will in the summer of 2010 in Seabrook, TX.  These guys are fun to cook for. 

Ingredients

• 1 Pound dry pasta of any kind
• 1 Pound ground beef
• 2 Cups Tomato sauce
• 2 Tablespoon crushed fresh garlic 
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 Tablespoon good olive oil 
• 1 Cup Shaved good Parmesan cheese
• Fresh basil leaves.

Instruction

• Cook pasta in boiling water. Drain
• Heat oil in a skillet. Cook garlic till soft 
• Add ground beef stir till it’s cooked
• Add Tomato sauce bring it to a boil
• Add salt and pepper to your taste
• Place pasta in serving bowls and 
• Pour the sauce over each bowl
• Garnish with basil and cheese. 
• Serve. 
• Don’t forget to eat your basil.

Elbow pasta in Sausage Pesto

This is a great dish for a summer days lunch with a large glass of iced tea and toss salad.  It is also a good lunch with friends on the porch. 

Ingredients

• 1 pound dry macaroni
• 1 pound sausage of any kind- cut up
• 1/4 Cup green bell pepper 
• 1/4 Cup chopped up onion
• 1 Teaspoon cooking oil
• 1/4 Cup cold water
• 3 Tablespoons Pesto sauce

Instruction

• Cook macaroni in boiling water. Drain and put in a large bowl
• Heat oil in a skillet. Cook onion, sausage, and bell pepper till they are cooked to your liking
• Add them into the bowl of macaroni
• Add Pesto sauce. 
• Mix it all together
• Enjoy!

Cold Noodle/pasta Salad

Ingredients

• 2 Pounds dry Angle hair pasta or thin spaghetti
• 1 Green Bell Pepper- diced 
• I Red Bell Pepper- diced
• 1 yellow Bell pepper- diced
• 8 Ounce Italian salad dressing ( or more if  you wish)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1/2 chup chopped p curly parsley leaves

Instruction

• Cook pasta in boiling water. Drain under cold water and put htem in a large salad bowl
• Add all the ingredients in the pasta bowl
• Mix well
• Keep it refrigerated for at least 15 minutes
• Serve.

   

Pasta and Shrimp in Red Sauce

This is a fun invention especially that Joshua and Will love eating it. 

Summer of 2009 in Seabrook, Texas.

Ingredients

• 1 Pound dry pasta of any kind
• 1 Pound Jumbo Shrimp
• 1.5 Cup Tomato sauce
• 2 Tablespoon crushed fresh garlic ( or less)
• 2 Tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 1 Tablespoon good olive oil

Instruction

• Cook pasta in boiling water. Leave it there.
• Heat oil in a skillet. Cook garlic till soft 
• Add Tomato sauce bring it to a boil
• Add Shrimp. Cook till it’s pink or done.
• Stir in basil leaves.
• Add salt and pepper to your taste
• Place pasta in serving bowls and pour the 
• sauce over pasta and enjoy

    

Leftovers over new Noodles

One day I was lazy and hungry. So I made this up with whatever I fond in my refrigerator. It was really good.  

You may also use leftover grilled steak or any other meat or make it meatless.  I have tried them in all variations.  Try it see if it works for you!

Ingredients

• 2 Cups cooked noodles
• 4 Oz leftover roasted pork tenderloin
• 2 Leftover cocktail shrimp
• 1/2 Cup sliced celery
• 1 Small onion- cut in 6
• 1 Tablespoon oil
• 1 Teaspoon corn starch dissolved in 1/2 cup water
• I Tablespoon Soy sauce

Instruction

• Place cooked noodles on a plateHeat oil in skillet
• Add onion, celery and pork. Stir
•   Stir till they are heated through
•   Add Shrimp. Stir
•   Add corn starch water and soy sauce
• Stir till it’s all heated through
• Pour over noodle and enjoy.

Flat Egg Noodles and Vegetables

Ingredients

• 2  balls Dry egg noodles (see picture above)
• 1/2  Cup snow peas (deveined)
• 1 Cup fresh mushroom of choice ( sliced thick)
• 1 Cup bok choy (washed and sliced)
• 1/2 Carrots (sliced diagonally)
• 1 Onion or two (quartered) 
• 1 Tablespoon corn starch devolved in 1/2 cup water
• 2 Tablespoons oyster sauce
• 1 Tablespoon cooking oil

Instruction

• Cook noodles in boiling water. Drain.
• Heat oil in a wok, cook carrots and onions
• Add them to the noodles
• Cook Mushrooms, 1/4 cup water into the pan
• 3 Minutes later add bok choy, stir
• Add Snow peas, stir
• Add corn starch and oyster sauce, 
• Stir till the snow peas are soft but still bright green. 
• Add noodles into the pan. Mix well and 
• serve.

Gourd curry

Ingredients

2 small gourds about 7" long each. peeled and cut

1/2 cup dry shrimp

1/2 teaspoon turmeric powder

1 tablespoon cooking oil

2 shallot or 1 small onion

5 cloves garlic

1/2 " fresh ginger

2 very larege tomatoes (cut in large pieces)

10 stalks cilantro

2 cups water

salt to taste

Instruction

Put all the cut up pices of gourd in a duch oven or a deep pan

Gringer, garlic and shallot.  Add the mixture to the pot

Add the rest of the ingredients into the pot. mix well 

Cook till it boils. Stir.

Cook till it is to your likeness.

Chicken breasts wrapped in bacon and baked in fat free sauce

Ingredients:

8 half breasts (boneless skin less) cut into 18 pieces

1 lb thinly sliced bacon( cut in half)

2 cans cream of mushroom soup ( about 16 oz totoal)

1 can or 8 oz fatfree sour cream

Instruction:

Mix mushroom soup and fat free sour cream in a bowl. set aside

wrap each chicken breast with half a strip of bacon. put them in a baking dish

Pour the musroom soup and sour cream mis all over the chicken

Bake for 2 hours in 350 degree or 3 hours at 300 degree.