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4 best desserts to try in Myanmar
Minh Nguyen
4 best desserts to try in Myanmar


There are a wide variety of Myanmar traditional snacks and deserts on offer in Yangon. Some are sweet and some are savoury. I would like to introduce some sweet desserts that can be served as cool drinks as well. These 4 desserts are the most popular among locals as well as foreigners.


Mont Let Saung


Mont Let Saung
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Mont Let Saung is a traditional drink made from sugar or palm sugar syrup and coconut milk mixed with small lumps of rice jelly. It’s a sweet and cooling drink which can be served as a dessert. Mont Let Saung Phat (small lumps of rice jelly) is widely available in most shops. It’s easy to make palm sugar syrup by simply dissolving palm sugar in boiling water and letting the syrup cool. You can add coconut milk if you like it, or just drink palm sugar syrup with the Mont Lat Saung Phat. Another alternative is to add shredded coconut and ice cubes for a cold refreshing drink or dessert.


Kyauk Kyaw (Coconut Milk Agar)


Kyauk Kyaw
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Kyauk Kyaw is usually served as a special dessert for offering in ceremonies and rituals. It’s made of agar, coconut milk and sugar. Some make fruit Kyauk Kyaw such as Orange Kyauk Kyaw, Strawberry Kyauk Kyaw, etc. by using juice and fruits instead of coconut milk. It’s very easy to make at home just by boiling agar and sugar together until dissolved, then adding coconut milk. Once the dessert has cooled and hardened enough, just cut into diamond (or other) shape and then it is ready to serve and savor. 


Palm Sugar Sago (Tapioca)


Palm Sugar Sago (Tapioca)
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Sago or Tapioca is also easy to make and delicious to eat. It can be eaten warm or cold and is a mixture of sago and palm sugar syrup. To make the dessert simply boil sago grains until they are translucent, then take out from the pot and set aside to cool. Then make the palm sugar syrup.  To serve, put approximately 4 tablespoons of chilled sago into a tall glass, add 3 tablespoons syrup (or more according to taste) and mix well. Add 2 or 3 ice cubes and fill up with coconut milk. Stir and serve immediately. Most locals in Myanmar prefer to eat sago warm. To make warm sago, add cool sago again in the pot and add shredded coconut, sweet potato or banana after the palm sugar has dissolved. You can further add coconut milk if you like.


Shwe Yin Aye



Shwe Yin Aye
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Shwe Yin Aye (a drink that can make you feel cool) contains all the above snacks (Mont Let Saung, Kyauk Kyaw, Sago), coconut milk, sugar syrup, bread, jelly bean and sticky rice. To make the sticky rice simply cook the glutinous rice in a normal rice cooker but with less water.


For each serving, put the following ingredients in a big bowl.

Mont Let Saung Phat (3 tablespoons)

Kyauk  Kyaw (2 pieces)

Sago (1 tablespoon)

Sticky rice (1 tablespoon)

Bread (2 slices or more)

Jelly Bean (1 table spoon or more)

Coconut Milk (about 10 tablespoon)

Sugar Syrup (2 tablespoon or more)


If you’d like to eat cool, just add 3 or 4 ice tubes. Then it’s ready to serve.


Source: Internet


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