Tea Leaf For Salad

Tea leaf as salad just can find in Burma. A traditional Burmese dish with tea leaf salad can find if you order this in a restaurant it will generally be presented with the ingredient separated on the plate and water will mix it at the table, this is similar with a traditional Caesar salad. The ingredient that served in the table may can't find in your country, because this is a Burmese traditional recipe. In other south Asian countries this ingredient may available.

You can try by yourself with mix these ingredient on the below list:

• 5 garlic cloves, sliced
• 1/3 cup La Phet (picked tea leaves)
• Peanut Oil
• 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
• 1 tsp fried yellow beans
• 2 tsp dried shrimp
• chopped cabbage or lettuce
• 3 tsp chopped peanuts
• 2 Roughly chopped tomatoes
• Lemon wedge

Directions:

Fry the garlic slices in a small amount of peanut oil until golden brown. Add 3 to 4 tsp peanut oil the La Phet and let sit for 10 to 15 minutes.

Place chopped lettuce on plate and place the La Phet in the center of the plate and then place sesame seeds, peanuts, tomatoes, dried shrimp, fried yellow beans, fried garlic and lemon wedge around the center of the plate. Mixed on the table, squeeze the lemon juice on top of the tea leaves and then toss the salad.