Mont Baung

Name: Mont Baung
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Burmese
Ingredients: 2 cups glutinous rice flour; 1 cup palm sugar, chopped; 1 cup grated coconut, for coating

မုန့်ပေါင်း/mont bown/

About this dish

Steamed rice flour dumplings filled with palm sugar, a simple traditional Burmese sweet.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups glutinous rice flour

🍯1 cup palm sugar, chopped

🥥1 cup grated coconut, for coating

Method

Serves 4

Mix rice flour with water into a soft, pliable dough.

Shape small pieces around a lump of chopped palm sugar, sealing completely.

Boil the dumplings until they float.

Roll the cooked dumplings in grated coconut.

Serve warm.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mont baung is a traditional Burmese steamed dumpling, filled with melted palm sugar that bursts when bitten.

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