Mont lone yay baw

Mont lone yay baw (Burmese: မုန့်လုံးရေပေါ်; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴlóʊɴjèbɔ̀]; also spelt mont lone yay paw) is a traditional Burmese dessert commonly associated with the Thingyan season.[1][2]

Mont lone yay baw
TypeDessert
Place of originMyanmar (Burma)
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Associated national cuisineBurmese
Main ingredientsGlutinous rice flour; jaggery; shredded coconut
Similar dishesklepon, bua loi, tangyuan

The dessert dish consists of round boiled rice balls made from glutinous rice flour, filled with pieces of jaggery or palm sugar, and garnished with fresh coconut shavings.[3]

Traditions

A group of individuals partake in making mont lone yay baw.

The communal group preparation of mont lone yay baw is a Thingyan tradition, and partakers often play pranks by stuffing some rice balls with chili peppers instead of jaggery.[3] Donors often dole out satuditha servings of mont lone yay baw to revelers during the Thingyan season.[4]

Similar dishes

Similar desserts in the region include Malaysian onde-onde, Indonesian klepon, Thai bua loi, and the Chinese tangyuan.

References

  1. "Mouth-watering Thingyan food and delicacies". The Myanmar Times. 2018-04-06. Retrieved 2019-11-12.
  2. "new year rice dumplings | mon lone yae paw". hsa*ba: please eat. 2012-03-30. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
  3. Aye, MiMi (2019-06-13). Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781472959485.
  4. "Thingyan Eats! Mont Lone Yay Paw at Sa Tu Di Thar". MYANMORE. 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
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