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Pathein halawa (Burmese: ပုသိမ်ဟလဝါ; pronounced [pəθèɪɴ ha̰ləwà]) is a traditional Burmese dessert or mont. The dessert is a pudding cooked using glutinous rice flour, rice flour, coconut, sugar, poppy seeds, butter, and milk, and has 2 primary variants: wet and dry.[1] The dessert was first sold in Bassein (now Pathein), an Irrawaddy Delta town in the 1930s, and is now considered a delicacy of Pathein.[1]

Pathein halawa

Type	Dessert (mont)
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Associated national cuisine	Burmese
Invented	1930s
Main ingredients	glutinous rice flour, rice flour, coconut, sugar, poppy seeds, butter, milk
Similar dishes	Mont kalame, Htoe mont, halva
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Pathein halawa is prepared in a similar manner as other Burmese desserts including mont kalame (မုန့်ကုလားမဲ) and htoe mont (ထိုးမုန့်).[2]

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