Type | Snack (mont) |
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Place of origin | Myanmar (Burma) |
Region or state | Southeast Asia |
Associated cuisine | Burmese |
Main ingredients | rice flour, limewater, jaggery, coconut shavings |
Similar dishes | Kutsinta, kuih kosui |
Mont kywe the (Burmese: မုန့်ကျွဲသည်း; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴt͡ɕwɛ́ðɛ́], lit. 'buffalo liver cake') is a traditional Burmese snack or mont. It bears resemblance to the Indonesian and Malaysian kuih kosui and Filipino kutsinta.
This snack is a rice cake pudding made of rice flour, jaggery, salt, and alkaline limewater. After cooking, the pudding is served up in slices and garnished with coconut shavings.[1] Mont kywe the uses rice flour milled from kauk kyan (ကောက်ကြမ်း), which has a high amylose content.[2]