Masakat
TypeSnack (mont)
Place of originMyanmar (Burma)
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Associated cuisineBurmese
Main ingredientscorn starch, cashew nuts

Masakat (Burmese: မာစကတ် or မာစကပ်; pronounced [màsəkaʔ]) is a traditional Burmese snack or mont. The snack is essentially a translucent pudding cooked with cashew nuts.

Masakat originates in Mandalay,[1] and its origins are attributed to an Indian dessert of the same name.[2] The term masakat is likely cognate with Acehnese meuseukat, a confection popular in Aceh, Indonesia. The dessert is likened to Karachi halwa, and is made with corn starch, sugar, butter, cardamom seeds, and cashew nuts.[3]

References

  1. ^ "အပြောင်းအလဲ သီတင်းကျွတ်ပွဲ". ဧရာဝတီ (in Burmese). 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
  2. ^ ဘိုဘို (2019-06-17). "မန္တလေး အကြောင်း လူသိနည်းတဲ့ ၅ ချက်". BBC (in Burmese). Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  3. ^ "မာစကပ် >> ပြောင်းဖူးမှုန့်ဟာလဝါ (Cornflour Halwa>>Karachi Halwa)". Food Magazine Myanmar (in Burmese). Retrieved 2020-07-03.
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