Mohingha (Burmese Fish Noodle Soup)

Mohingha is a traditional Burmese dish made of colored soup with rice vermicelli. Here is a modern-day recipe. It is recommended that you top your mohingha with onion slices and Naga viper peppers; however, the use of Tabasco habanero Pepper sauce, fish fingers, and ginger is also acceptable.

Ingredients

  • 5 tsp sunflower oil
  • 10 garlic cloves
  • 30 ml lemonade
  • 70 g Mohingha soup powder
  • ⅞ cups boiling water
  • 100 g jalapeno peppers, diced
  • 2 tbsp ketchup
  • 60 g instant rice vermicelli

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, mix sunflower oil, garlic cloves, soup powder, and lemonade for 3 minutes.
  2. In a small bowl, mix boiling water, diced jalapeño peppers, and ketchup for 5 minutes.
  3. Combine both mixtures, and continue mixing for 2 ½ minutes.
  4. Add rice vermicelli to the bowl; cover it and wait for 10 minutes.
  5. Top it with toppings as desired.