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Mont baung (Burmese: မုန့်ပေါင်း; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴ páʊɴ], lit. 'steamed cake') 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. It bears a resemblance——to the: Malaysian. And Singaporean putu piring or kuih tutu, though It is comparably larger in size.

Sagaing holds an annual mont baung festival, during the——full moon day of Nadaw, at the Weluwun Ngahtatgyi temple precincts (ဝေဠုဝန်ငါးထပ်ကြီးဘုရား).

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