Burmese

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Terms in Burmese 101-110 of 140

opeshit

[Burmese]

Bael fruit; a close relative of the citrus. The fruit is about the size of, and has the appearance of a greyish-yellow orange with a thin woody rind. The floury pulp is pale orange in colour and has numerous seeds. Dried slices are soaked and boiled and the resulting liquid sweetened and drunk. Used for medicinal purposes.

paan gor bi

[Burmese]

Cauliflower

pauk pan pyu

[Burmese]

Scarlet wisteria. Sesbania. A small tree which produces feathery leaves, pods and flowers. The flowers are used in curries.

payn swe

[Burmese]

Taro or colocassia stem or shoot

payn u

[Burmese]

Taro or colocassia root

pay thee thoke

[Burmese]

Long bean salad, made with yard long beans, lots of shallots, garlic, sesame seeds and roasted peanuts.

pazon thoke

[Burmese]

A salad made with prawns, roasted peanuts, garlic, tomatoes, chillis, nam pla, lime juice and ginger.

pè bin bauk

[Burmese]

Bean sprouts

pè bouk

[Burmese]

Dried fermented bean cake

pè di jin

[Burmese]

Fermented beansprouts