Mont phet htok

Mont phet htok

Type	Snack
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Associated cuisine	Burmese
Main ingredients	Rice flour, coconut meat, jaggery, sugar, banana leaf
Similar dishes	Kue kochi, Bánh phu thê, Zongzi

Mont phet htok (Burmese: မုန့်ဖက်ထုပ်; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴ pʰɛʔ tʰoʊʔ]), also known as htapana htok (Burmese: ဌာပနာထုပ်) in Upper Myanmar), is a traditional Burmese snack or mont.

The dish is a pyramidal rice dumpling filled with coconut meat, which is cooked in sugar or jaggery, and then steamed in banana leaves.^[1]

Similar dishes

Similar desserts in the region include Vietnamese bánh phu thê and Chinese zongzi.

References

1. "'မြန်မာ့ရိုးရာအစားအစာနှင့်အာဟာရ' မုန့်ဖက်ထုပ်". Food Magazine Myanmar. Retrieved 2019-11-13.^{[dead link‍]}