Moe MohHinGar | Condensed Fish Soup (မုန့်ဟင်းခါး ဟင်းရည်)

About Moe MohHinGar

To add a new food vocabulary to your daily meals, it is said to be incomplete without sampling this MohHinGar, one of Myanmar’s most popular and delectable dish.

MohHinGar (also spelled Mohinga or Monthingar) is a rice noodle and fish soup from Myanmar (Burma) and an essential part of Burmese cuisine, considered by many to be the national dish of Myanmar.

It is even a common saying in Myanmar that every Burmese cook is said to have a recipe for MohHinGar passed down from their mother, from generation to generation. The same to us, we have created the first variation of Moe MohHinGar, from our Grandma’s recipe.

Moe The dish is made to resemble a very liquid soup, although the taste of the finished sauce is very rich and thick.

Moe The dish is made in a way so it resembles a very liquid soup, although the taste of the finished sauce is very rich and thick.

Moe MohHinGar is made with nutritious and healthy ingredients including Chickpeas, Catfish (any fish is good), Fish Sauce (Anchovy, Salt, Sugar), Cooking oil, Salt, Garlic, Ginger, Black Pepper, Paprika, Turmeric, and Lemongrass.

The ingredients that are used to make MohHinGar score high in nutrition, making the dish a melting pot of nutritious items, cooked until it becomes the popular tasty loved by pescatarians and the Myanmar (Burmese) people alike.

MohHinGar is readily available in most parts of the country, sold by street hawkers and roadside stalls in larger cities. MohHinGar is traditionally eaten for breakfast, but today is eaten at any time of day.

MohHinGar, the National Dish of Myanmar

MohHinGar can be served as a formal dish made from scratch as well as from a ready-made soup or powder used for making the broth such as the ones from Moe Myanmar Foods.

Street hawkers often sell MohHinGar, with some carrying the soup cauldron on a stove on one side of a shoulder pole, with rice vermicelli and other ingredients, along with bowls and spoons, on the other. Trishaw peddlers began to appear in the 1960s and some of them set up pavement stalls making MohHinGar available all day.

History and origins

The origins of MohHinGar are difficult to pinpoint in the absence of extant records.

Food processing tools used to ferment rice dating to the Pyu city-states have been discovered, showing that the tradition of making rice vermicelli, the key starch used in MohHinGar, has a long history. The earliest reference to MohHinGar dates to the Konbaung dynasty, in the poet U Ponnya's Alinga verse poem.

Burmese history historian Khin Maung Nyunt has concluded that during pre-colonial times, MohHinGar was likely a commoner's dish, as a formal recipe for MohHinGar has not been found in royal records or cookbooks.

During the latter half of Bagyidaw's reign, a poet by the name of U Min wrote about MohHinGar using the phrase "Mont Ti" (မုန့်တီ). While Mont Ti now commonly refers to another type of rice vermicelli dishes, a small minority continue to use "Mont Ti" in reference to MohHinGar. Various regions in the country refer to MohHinGar as "mont" (မုန့်) or "mont hin" (မုန့်ဟင်း).

Regional Varieties

There are different regional varieties of MohHinGarthroughout Myanmar, depending on the availability of ingredients and culinary preferences. For example, Rakhine (Arakan) MohHinGar has more fish paste and less soup.

The most commonly prepared version comes from Lower Myanmar, where fresh fish is more readily available. These varieties of MohHinGar originate from the Irrawaddy delta, which are often dubbed Tawchet MohHinGar (lit. 'rural style MohHinGar').

Several well-known MohHinGar shops in Yangon serve Irrawaddy delta-style MohHinGar.

Versions of MohHinGar from the Irrawaddy delta include Bogale MohHinGar (cooked in a broth of fish and abundant black pepper), Myaungmya MohHinGar (cooked with three varieties of fish, namely striped snakehead, walking catfish, and Hamilton's carp), Pyapon MohHinGar, Pathein MohHinGar, and Yangon MohHinGar (cooked in a broth of catfish, chickpeas, and peanuts).

Versions of MohHinGar from the Bago Region include Hinthada MohHinGar (cooked with hilsa in lieu of catfish), Madauk MohHinGar (cooked with pickled shrimp, and served with raw tomatoes), Nyaunglebin and Pyuntaza MohHinGar (cooked with pickled fish, served with pickled jujube), and Taungoo MohHinGar (served in a thinner broth more akin to a dry noodle salad, with raw tomatoes, chopped green beans, and a side of pickled white jujubes).

Versions of MohHinGar from Southern and Eastern Myanmar include Dawei MohHinGar (similar to conventional MohHinGar, with black pepper in lieu of paprika), Kayin MohHinGar - served in one of two broths (sweet or spicy), served with raw tomatoes, bean sprouts, green beans, and mint in lieu of coriander, Mawlamyine MohHinGar a (cooked to a thinner broth consistency with boiled peas, green beans, mint, fish cakes, and jaggery), Mon MohHinGar (similar to conventional MohHinGar, cooked without banana stems and rice flour) and Thaton MohHinGar (served with Hamilton's carp, mint, green beans, bean sprouts, tomatoes, and fermented yellow rice cake patties).

In Upper Myanmar, variants of MohHinGara include Anya MohHinGar (MohHinGar cooked in a broth of chicken, fish, and chickpea flour in lieu of toasted rice flour), which is common to Upper Myanmar towns like Monywa, Wetlet, Shwebo, Kyaukpadaung, and Myingyan, and In MohHinGar (cooked in a broth of catfish and green onions).

Soup Only Preparation

Boil 900 ml water and add Moe MohHinGar Paste. Add four shallots and slices of two boiled eggs. Keep boiling at a low to medium heat for about 5 minutes or until shallots are soft enough.

Serve the broth with rice noodle, cilantro, roasted-crushed red chili, lime, and fish sauce at your preferred taste. It gives a balance of sweet and sour, salty, and spicy.

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Complete MohHinGa Dish with Side Items

Main Dish (Soup) Ingredients:

- 284 ml Moe MohHinGar Paste
- 4 shallots (small onions)
- 2 boiled eggs
- 900 ml water

Ingredients for Side Items:

- Crispy Chickpea Tempura
- Other Vegetable Tempura
- Fried Fish Ball
- Cilantro
- Lime
- Roasted Chili
- Sliced boiled eggs
- Fish Sauce
- Rice noodles

Preparation
Once you have made sure that you have all of your main ingredients ready (listed above), you are ready for preparation!

You will first grab a medium-sized saucepan from your cupboards and place it on the stove. Make sure that your stove is on high heat.

You will then measure out and pour 900 ml of water into your pan followed by taking your 284ml can of Moe MohHinGar Paste and pouring the entire thing into the boiling water. Once you have poured it, give it a small stir.

Next, you are going to add two sliced boiled eggs to the mixture. My recommendation would be to have them sliced and ready beforehand. Directly after adding the sliced, boiled eggs, add four unsliced shallots into the mixture. After your ingredients have been added into the pan together, stir it thoroughly and then place the lid on in order to allow it to boil.

While you are waiting for your Moe MohHinGar to come to a boil, you can begin making sure you have the ingredients for the side items put together.

You can begin making sure you have the ingredients for the side items put together. You will need to make sure you have 1-2 crispy chickpea tempura pieces for each bowl of Moe MohHinGar.

Make sure that you have your lime sliced along with your sliced boiled eggs. Be sure to keep in mind that these are not the same boiled eggs that we added into the pan.

Once you know everything is prepared and your soup has the right consistency, you can begin putting your dish together!

Grab your preferred dish and add your rice noodles. Add in 2-3 spoons full of your Moe MohHinGar soup followed by cilantro lime juice from the limes you sliced earlier, roasted chili flakes, fish sauce, boiled eggs, and crispy chickpea tempura. Add the extra ingredients to your liking. These do not have to be measured!

Once you have completed the steps listed above, your Moe MohHinGar is ready to be enjoyed. The taste should give an overall balance of sweet, salty, sour, and spicy.

It is always a great thing to try adding something new to your food vocabulary and this dish is the perfect way to do so.

This dish takes a total of fewer than 10 minutes to prepare, and it tastes delicious! What’s not to love? Get your Moe MohHinGar and make this dish for yourself today! It is guaranteed to be yummy!

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