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Mont Lin Ma Ya

Name: Mont Lin Ma Ya
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Myanmar
Ingredients: 250g Glutinous Rice Flour; 150ml Water; 100g Dark Brown Sugar (chopped); 3 tbsp White Sesame Seeds; To taste Vegetable Oil (for frying)

Dessert

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Glutinous rice dough filled with sesame and jaggery and fried — a simple Burmese treat.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Mont lin ma ya is a simple fried sweet sold at stalls and markets in Myanmar. Glutinous rice dough is wrapped around a sweet filling of sesame and jaggery and fried. It's crisp outside and chewy inside, with a toasty aroma and the gentle sweetness of jaggery — a classic everyday treat for all ages.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a country market stall, children walk away eating hot mont lin ma ya wrapped in newspaper.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Glutinous Rice Flour 250g
Water 150ml
Dark Brown Sugar (chopped) 100g
White Sesame Seeds 3 tbsp
Vegetable Oil (for frying) To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Knead glutinous rice flour with water into a dough as soft as an earlobe.
Mix jaggery and white sesame for the filling.
Flatten pieces of dough, wrap the filling, and roll into balls.
Fry in 170°C oil until golden.
Drain well.

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