Burmese Samosa Thouk (Soup) Recipe

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Burmese Samosa Thouk is a delicious street food that is easy to make at home. Flaky samosa dunked in a spicy lentil gravy and served with shredded cabbage.

My country of choice for the day starting with the letter M is Myanmar aka Burma. Since Burma shares it’s boundaries with China, India and Thailand, it’s cuisine is heavily influenced by all these countries. There are quite a few Burmese dishes that I have bookmarked to try, but in the end I made this simple and delicious Burmese Samosa thouk.I saw this dish for the first time on Vaishali’s blog and bookmarked it right away. Burmese Samosa thouk is a popular street food in Burma/ Myanmar. I made it once before when I had some leftover samosa and it was fabulous. I made it again yesterday, so I can share it with you guys on the blog as well.The soup part of this Burmese Samosa thouk is nothing but our everyday simple dal. After tasting the dish, I thought this is Burmese version of South Indian Sambar Vada except in this dish samosa is dunked in spicy dal instead of vada. I loved the crunchy cabbage topping and the lemon juice perks everything up.I used Vaishali’s recipe and this recipe from Epicurious. The latter recipe also uses falafel along with samosa, so I went ahead and added a few warm falafel as well into my soup. All in all this is a filling meal for any time of the day.

Lets check out what my fellow marathoners have cooked today for BM# 93.

Burmese Samosa Thouk Recipe

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A delicious Burmese Street food that is very easy to make at home. Flaky samosa dunked in a spicy lentil gravy and served with shredded cabbage.

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Prep Time 15 mins

Cook Time 45 mins

Total Time 1 hr

Course Main Course, Main Dish

Cuisine asian, Burmese

Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients

  

For the Lentil Soup:

• ½ cup toor dal
• 1 tbsp Oil
• 1~2 Dry Red chilies
• 1 Small Onion, finely chopped
• 2 Green Chilies, slit
• ½ cup Cabbage, very thinly sliced
• 2 tbsp Tamarind pulp
• 3 cups vegetable stock
• 1 tsp Ground Coriander
• ½~1 tsp Kashmiri Red Chili powder
• 1 tsp garam masala
• To taste Salt Pepper

Other Ingredients:

• 8 Small Samosa*, warmed
• 8~10 Falafel, warmed
• As needed Cabbage, very thinly sliced
• As needed Cilantro, finely chopped
• As needed Lemon wedges
• As needed Scallions, finely chopped

Instructions

 

Make the Thouk (Lentil Soup)

• Cook toor dal until soft and mushy.
• Heat oil in a saucepan, add the dry chilies and once they start to change color, add onions and green chilies; cook till the onions are soft.
• Add ground coriander, red chili powder, garam masala, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute.
• Add the cooked dal along with the stock/ water and tamarind pulp. Bring the mixture to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 10~15 minutes.
• Taste and adjust the seasoning accordingly.

To Serve:

• Divide the soup into serving bowls. Add 2 small samosa and falafel - top with the sliced cabbage, lemon wedges, cilantro and scllions. Serve hot and Enjoy!!

Notes

• If you are short on time and want to use store bought samosa, then simply warm them in the microwave or in the oven.