Burmese Tea Salad / Lapheto

Name: Burmese Tea Salad / Lapheto
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 1
Ingredients: Burmese tea Leaves package; Shredded cabbage; Tomatoes; Green chilli pepper; Lemon juice; oil; Salt to Taste; Crunchy packet of nuts and beans; Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Author: Mamta

Category: Accompaniments

Cuisine: Burmese

Yields: 1 Serving Difficulty: Easy Prep Time: 10 Mins Cook Time: 10 Mins Total Time: 20 Mins

A very strong, aromatic salad made with tea leaves. This is usually eaten with rice. The good thing about Burmese food is that the spices can be adjusted as per your taste. The tea leaves taste a little pungent, not readily available but can be ordered through Amazon or any Burmese specialty store. Now you can even buy Lapheto packs which includes the tea leaves and the crunchy nuts, you just have to add the fresh ingredients to it.

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Ingredients

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2 tbsp Burmese tea Leaves package (Pickled and fermented)
2 cups Shredded cabbage
1 medium Tomatoes (Chopped)
1 Green chilli pepper
2 tsp Lemon juice
1 tbsp oil
Salt to Taste
2 tbsp Crunchy packet of nuts and beans (If you do not have the packet you can use fried peanuts, fried broad beans and fried chana dal.)
Chopped coriander leaves for garnishing

Instructions

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Step 1

Mix shredded cabbage and the tea leaves together. Let it sit for about five minutes.
Step 2

Finely chop the tomatoes and add to the cabbage. Mix the chopped green pepper. salt, lemon juice and oil. Mix everything with your hand so all the juices mix together. Right before serving add the nuts so they do not loose the crunchiness.

2 Comments

Preeti Verma says:

June 20, 2020 at 9:34 am

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Looks great! Tasted it from the chef herself, and it was amazing 🙂
Juliet Maya says:

June 20, 2020 at 3:19 pm

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Dear Mamta
Love your blog ! Great pictures !
All the best to you and to your beautifully designed website !
Juliet Maya

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Mamta Verma

I am Mamta Verma, residing in California for almost 33 years now with my husband and two kids and I love cooking. You can say cooking is like meditation for me. I am prompted to write this blog because of my kids. Unfortunately the basic,easy, everyday recipes are hard to find so they would text me often for that. So I decided I am going to start noting down these to make life easy for all the young adults who leave home but miss home cooking. This blog is also useful for my non Indian friends who want to try to make Indian food at home. Every recipe in here is personally tried and tested.