Talabaw

Talabaw
Talabaw soup
Alternative namesTakapaw
Typesoup
Place of originMyanmar
Associated cuisineKaren cuisine
Created byKaren people
Main ingredientsbamboo shoot, snakehead fish
Ingredients generally usedFish sauce, fish paste, rice powder, pepper powder, chicken powder, green chilli, okra, lemongrass, basil leaf, climbing wattle leaf, drumstick leaf, bean curd

Talabaw (S'gaw Karen: တၢ်လပီၣ်, Burmese: တာလပေါ, Burmese pronunciation: [tàləbɔ́]; also transliterated as talapaw, lit.'great soup' in Karen[1]), is a soup that originated in Karen cuisine. It is typically prepared with bamboo shoots, snakehead fish and basil leaves. A small amount of rice and some shreds of meat or seafood may also be added.[2][3][4][5]

The Karen traditionally used the soup to supplement rice, which was not cheaply available to them, consuming a large amount of soup with a small amount of rice in order to conserve the valuable rice.[1]

Talabaw is one of the most well-known soups in Myanmar, and widely considered to be the essential dish of Karen cuisine.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Duwun. "ကရင်မိသားစုတွေရဲ့ထမင်းဝိုင်းမှာ မပါမဖြစ်တာလပေါဟင်းတစ်ခွက်". Duwun. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Top Ten Kayin things to experience". The Myanmar Times. September 11, 2019. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Kyaw, Min Ye (July 17, 2018). "Ethnic recipe: Karen Tarlapaw soup". Myanmore Magazine. Retrieved December 26, 2022.
  4. ^ "Traditional Foods of Kayin State, Myanmar". MyLocal Passion. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  5. ^ "ရာသီစာကရင့်ရိုးရာမျှစ်တာလပေါ့ဟင်း". BNI (in Burmese). Retrieved January 11, 2023.

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