Mont baung
TypeSnack (mont)
Place of originMyanmar (Burma)
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Associated cuisineBurmese
Main ingredientsrice flour, jaggery, coconut shavings, red beans
Similar dishesKue mangkok, putu piring

Mont baung (Burmese: မုန့်ပေါင်း; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴ páʊɴ], lit.'steamed cake') is a traditional Burmese snack or mont.

This snack is a molded rice cake that is typically filled with coconut shavings or red bean cooked in jaggery, and then steamed in a traditional clay pot.[1] It bears a resemblance to the Malaysian and Singaporean putu piring or kuih tutu, though It is comparably larger in size.[1]

Sagaing holds an annual mont baung festival, during the full moon day of Nadaw, at the Weluwun Ngahtatgyi temple precincts (ဝေဠုဝန်ငါးထပ်ကြီးဘုရား).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာအစားအစာ မုန့်ပေါင်း". Mizzima Myanmar News and Insight. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  2. ^ "နတ်တော်လပြည့်နေ့ မုန့်ပေါင်းပွဲတော် စစ်ကိုင်းမြို့၌ အစဉ်အလာမပျက် ခင်းကျင်းရောင်းချ". Yangon Media Group (in Burmese). 2017-12-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.