Myanmar Snacks, Rice Balls

Rice Balls
(Moat Lone Yay Paw)

Ingredients

1. Glutinous rice - 800g
2. Rice - 200g
3. Clean palm sugar - 400g
4. A medium-sized coconut - 1
5. Banana leaves - a few

How to make

Clean the glutinous rice from stones and dust. Then mix together with rice and wash for about 2 times. Then the washed-mixture is to be soaked in water for about 4 or 5 hours. Then the mixture is to be ground. After grinding, put the mixture, put in a pulp bag and put a weight on it for about 3 hrs. When it is well-squeezed, now it is ready to make the balls.

Cut the palm sugar into small piece. Take some mixture for a small ball and put a piece of palm sugar into it. Wrap it around with the mixture into a form of a ball.

Boil water in a big pot. While the water is boiling, put the rice balls into it. The balls will to the bottom of the pot. But once its ready, the balls float on top of the water.

Take out the floating balls with a rive and put on the banana leaves on the tray.

Chill before serving for a while and put some coconut fibre and serve.

This "Moat Lone Yay Paw" is usually made during the Thingyan Water Festival.