Mont baung

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

Mont baung

Type	Snack (mont)
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Associated national cuisine	Burmese
Main ingredients	rice flour, jaggery, coconut shavings, red beans
Similar dishes	Kue putu mangkok, putu piring
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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 resemblance to the Indonesian kue putu mangkok and Malaysian putu piring.

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

References

1. "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.