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Mont phet htok

Type	Snack
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region/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.

Similar dishes※

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

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