Mote lone ye paw, meaning ‘round snack that floats on water,’ is a treat brought out specially for the Burmese new year festival Thingyan, which takes place this year from April 13-16.
Neighbours and family gather in the streets to make the snack and hand it out for free to passersby—a cheerful community event typical of the festival. And for a little prank, you can also hide chilli instead of jaggery inside the odd ball.
Preparation time: 10-15 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Overall time: 15-20 minutes
Ingredients
200 grams glutinous rice (aka sticky rice) flour
58 grams rice flour
2 tablespoons flour
250 millilitres water
5 tablespoons pandan juice (put the leaves in a juice blender)
5 grams jaggery
Shredded coconut
Instructions
1. Mix the rice flour, glutinous rice flour, flour and water in a bowl and divide the mixture into two pieces. Add the pandan juice and mix again.
2. Chop the jaggery into pieces. Roll the dough into one inch balls and fit one piece of jaggery per ball. Put the pot on the stove and add water. When the water is boiling, add the dough bowls.
3. Take the ball when they pop up to the surface and garnish with coconut shreds.
