The staple of the Akha diet is dry-planted mountain rice, but there are a number of dishes that are uniquely “Akha”. A combination of five types of dishes may be served at a traditional formal meal:

a fried dish (usually pork or chicken and vegetables)

a boiled dish (a soup, sometimes vegetables, sometimes potatoes cooked with stewing bones)

a pickled dish (any combination of vegetables which have been preserved through a pickling process)

a crushed dish (a salsa created by combining chili peppers, tomatoes, cilantro and other unique ingredients by mortar and pestle)

and a raw dish (raw vegetables used to dip in the salsa, and occasionally raw meats).

Pickled green vegetables are a very common Akha dish. The dish is created by taking fresh vegetables and soaking them in an air-tight container with water. No other ingredients are added. After a number of days, the vegetables will sour, and chili peppers, salt and cilantro are added for seasoning. Usually eaten cold, this dish may also be stir fried alone or with meat. Served with rice.

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