Nan gyi thoke

Nan gyi thoke is an a thoke salad dish in Burmese cuisine, made with thick round rice noodles mixed with specially prepared chicken curry and chili oil. The dish is garnished with toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilis, crispy noodles, slices of hard-boiled egg, fish cakes, and zested with lime or lemon. The noodle salad originated as a street food from Mandalay.

Etymology

The salad is known by a number of different terms, including nan gyi thoke, nan gyi mont di, and is called Mandalay mont di in Yangon. Nan gyi refers to the thick round rice noodles used in this salad.