Mont Lin Ma Yar

Name: Mont Lin Ma Yar
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Burmese
Ingredients: 1.5 cups rice flour; 1/2 cup split lentils, soaked; Quail eggs; Oil, for frying

မုန့်လင်မယား/mont lin mah yah/

About this dish

Fried lentil and rice batter dumplings, crisp outside and soft inside, often stuffed with quail egg.

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Ingredients

🌾1.5 cups rice flour

🫘1/2 cup split lentils, soaked

🥚Quail eggs

🛢️Oil, for frying

Method

Serves 2

Blend the soaked lentils coarsely and mix with rice flour and water into a batter.

Spoon batter into a small mold, add a quail egg, and top with more batter.

Deep-fry until golden and crisp.

Drain and serve hot with a dipping sauce.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Mont lin ma yar is a popular Burmese street food snack, notable for the quail egg often hidden inside.

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