| Mont phet htok | |
| Type: | Snack |
| Country: | Myanmar (Burma) |
| Region: | Southeast Asia |
| National Cuisine: | Burmese |
| Creators: | --> |
| Main Ingredient: | Rice flour, coconut meat, jaggery, sugar, banana leaf |
| Serving Size: | 100 g |
| Similar Dish: | Kue kochi, Bánh phu thê, Zongzi |
Mont phet htok (Burmese: မုန့်ဖက်ထုပ်; in Burmese pronounced as /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 desserts in the region include Vietnamese bánh phu thê and Chinese zongzi.