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Shwe Gyi Sanwin Makin

Name: Shwe Gyi Sanwin Makin
Total time: 70 min
Yield: Serves 8
Cuisine: Myanmar
Ingredients: 150g Semolina flour; 400ml Coconut milk; 120g Sugar; 50g Butter; 2 Egg; 1 tbsp White Sesame Seeds; A pinch Salt

Dessert

⏱ 70 min

👥 Serves 8

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Semolina cooked with coconut milk and baked — a chewy Burmese cake.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Sanwin makin is a traditional Burmese sweet of semolina (shwe gyi) cooked with coconut milk, sugar, butter, and eggs, then baked. It's topped with sesame seeds, baked until golden, and cut into squares. It's often served at teashops and celebrations.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Yangon teashop window, squares of sesame-topped cake are lined up and served with sweet milk tea.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 8)

Semolina flour 150g
Coconut milk 400ml
Sugar 120g
Butter 50g
Egg 2
White Sesame Seeds 1 tbsp
Salt A pinch

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the semolina, coconut milk, sugar, and salt in a pot over medium heat.
Stir for 10 minutes so it doesn't scorch, until it pulls away from the sides.
Turn off the heat, stir in the butter, cool slightly, and mix in the beaten eggs.
Pour into a pan, smooth the top, and scatter with white sesame.
Bake at 180°C for 40 minutes until golden, cool, and cut.

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