| Pathein halawa | |
| Type: | Dessert (mont) |
| Country: | Myanmar (Burma) |
| Region: | Southeast Asia |
| National Cuisine: | Burmese |
| Creators: | --> |
| Year: | 1930s |
| Main Ingredient: | glutinous rice flour, rice flour, coconut, sugar, poppy seeds, butter, milk |
| Serving Size: | 100 g |
| Similar Dish: | Mont kalame, Htoe mont, halva |
Pathein halawa (my|{{linktext|ပုသိမ်|ဟလဝါ; in Burmese pronounced as /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]
Pathein halawa is prepared in a similar manner as other Burmese desserts including mont kalama (မုန့်ကုလားမဲ) and htoe mont (ထိုးမုန့်).[2]