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Nangyi thoke
Nan gyi thoke
Alternative names	Mandalay mont di (မန္တလေးမုန့်တီ)
Course	Breakfast, brunch
Place of origin	Mandalay, Myanmar
Main ingredients	Thick rice noodles, chicken or pork curry, toasted chickpea flour, sliced onions, chilies, crispy noodles, hard-boiled egg slices, lime juice

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Nan gyi thoke (Burmese: နန်းကြီးသုပ်‌, pronounced: [náɰ̃d͡ʑíθoʊʔ‌]; also spelled nangyi thoke or nangyi dok) 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 (နန်းကြီး; lit. large thread) refers to the thick round rice noodles used in this salad.

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