Reddit reviews Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia [A Cookbook]

I highly recommend this Coconut Chicken Curry recipe (it's from Burma Superstar, a Burmese restaurant in San Francisco. They've published an excellent cookbook too). The ingredients aren't that expensive or hard to find. It's pretty easy to make, but somewhat time-consuming because of all the prep work. Then you have to cook the curry for an hour, and let the curry sit for awhile to let the flavors meld. Definitely worth it in the end though. It's literally a restaurant-quality dish that is very approachable for home cooks!

I LOVE Burmese food. One of my favorite restaurants finally published their cookbook - Burma Superstar: Addictive Recipes from the Crossroads of Southeast Asia. It's kinda windy and cold in SF this weekend, so I figured it was a good time to try some comfort-food soup.

This took me about 3 hours, but only because there's a lot of chopping and I take my time when trying a new recipe. A full hour was just letting the soup simmer while I watched episodes of The Office at my kitchen table. :D Now that I've run through the recipe once, I'll bring my boyfriend in to help with the chopping while I focus on the soup.

The recipe is fairly straightforward and it was INCREDIBLY flavorful. I used some flat rice noodles for this batch, but next time I'll try it with egg noodles. Almost all of the ingredients are easy to find (limes, chicken, ginger, etc). My chickpea flour is made by Bob's Red Mill, which is a brand carried in a lot of health food stores and supermarkets. In addition to the usual toppings (cilantro, red onions, lime juice) I tried to recreate the topping used by my other favorite Burmese restaurant (what up, Burmese Kitchen!), which is fried chickpeas crumbled on top as a sort of crouton. I tried this Serious Eats recipe and it's way too thick - if I reduced the amount of chickpea flour and added more liquid to thin it out, I think it would be perfect and crispy.

I apologize for not typing out the full recipe - it's two pages long (though it's not hard; simply very descriptive). Please let me know if you have any questions, though!