| Mont baung | |
| Type: | Snack (mont) |
| Country: | Myanmar (Burma) |
| Region: | Southeast Asia |
| National Cuisine: | Burmese |
| Creators: | --> |
| Main Ingredient: | rice flour, jaggery, coconut shavings, red beans |
| Serving Size: | 100 g |
| Similar Dish: | Kue mangkok, putu piring |
Mont baung (my|မုန့်ပေါင်း; in Burmese pronounced as /mo̰ʊɴ páʊɴ/,) is a traditional Burmese snack or mont.
This snack is a molded rice cake that is typically filled with coconut shavings or red bean cooked in jaggery, and then steamed in a traditional clay pot.[1] It bears a resemblance to the Malaysian and Singaporean putu piring or kuih tutu, though It is comparably larger in size.[1]
Sagaing holds an annual mont baung festival, during the full moon day of Nadaw, at the Weluwun Ngahtatgyi temple precincts (ဝေဠုဝန်ငါးထပ်ကြီးဘုရား).[2]