White poppy seeds are used in Burma although there is very little to distinguish them from the blue poppy seeds commonly found in the supermarkets. When roasted the seeds have a nutty, sweet flavour and add a crunchy texture.
Blue poppy seeds
Supermarkets, Asian stores
Sago pearls are almost identical to tapioca but they come from a different plant. The pearls are cooked and eaten with coconut milk…
Sometimes referred to as jaggery, the palm sugar is sold in tubes, blocks or tin cans. The colour ranges from a deep toffee to golden brown…
Green mangos are used in salads, pickles and curries. It is different to ripe eating mango – the flesh is a pale green…
Roasted rice flour can be made from ground rice or rice flour which are easily found in supermarkets. It is dry roasted…
Similar to spring roll wrappers, popiah wrappers are thin paper-like crepe usually made from rice flour and circular in shape…