Mohinga

The main ingredients of

mohinga are chickpea flour and/or crushed toasted rice, garlic, onions, lemongrass, banana tree stems, ginger, fish paste, fish sauce, and catfish in a rich broth cooked and kept on the boil in a heavy pot. It is served with rice vermicelli, and if feeling fancy, includes optional extras, such as crisp fried fritters, pè gyaw (split chickpeas), baya gyaw (urad dal), or sliced pieces of Chinese donuts, as well as a boiled egg and fried nga hpè fish cake.