Mont lone yay baw
Mont lone yay baw is a traditional Burmese dessert commonly associated with the Thingyan season.
The dessert dish consists of round boiled rice balls made from glutinous rice flour, filled with pieces of jaggery or palm sugar, and garnished with fresh coconut shavings.Traditions
The communal group preparation of mont lone yay baw is a Thingyan tradition, and partakers often play pranks by stuffing some rice balls with chili peppers instead of jaggery. Donors often dole out satuditha servings of mont lone yay baw to revelers during the Thingyan season.Similar dishes
Similar desserts in the region include Malaysian onde-onde, Indonesian klepon, Thai bua loi, and the Chinese tangyuan.
