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Mont kywe the

Mont kywe the

Burmese rice cake pudding

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.

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    ရွှေရည်ဖြိုး (2019-05-16). "မုန့်ကျွဲသည်း". Food Magazine (in Burmese).
  2. [2]
    Tun, Ye Yint (2006). "Diverse Utilization of Myanmar Rice with Varied Amylose Contents". Japanese Journal of Tropical Agriculture. 50: 42–50. doi:10.11248/jsta1957.50.42. S2CID 83061804.


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