
Desserts
Mont di (coconut rice cake)
A moist Burmese rice cake made with rice flour and coconut milk, flavored with coconut and sesame. Served as a dessert or a snack, often cut into squares.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Garniture
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
Nutrition facts
482 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 7.1 g
- Carbohydrates
- 45 g
- of which sugars
- 20.7 g
- Fat
- 29.4 g
- of which saturated fat
- 15.4 g
- Fiber
- 3.3 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 170 °C and butter a 20 cm square pan.
- In a bowl, whisk the eggs with the sugar until pale, about 3 minutes.
- Add the coconut milk, oil and vanilla, then mix.
- Stir in the rice flour, baking powder, salt and shredded coconut until you have a smooth batter.
- Pour into the pan and sprinkle with sesame and coconut as a topping.
- Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until a skewer comes out clean, then let it cool slightly before cutting.
Variations and tips
Banana version. Add two very ripe mashed bananas to the batter for a moister, more fragrant cake.
More ideas
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Original Ecomely recipe.

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