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]
Type | Dessert (mont) |
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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 |
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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