Masakat

Masakat

Type	Snack (mont)
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Associated cuisine	Burmese
Main ingredients	corn starch, cashew nuts

Masakat (Burmese: မာစကတ် or မာစကပ်; pronounced [màsəkaʔ]) is a traditional Burmese snack or mont. The snack is essentially a translucent pudding cooked with cashew nuts.

Masakat originates in Mandalay,^[1] and its origins are attributed to an Indian dessert of the same name.^[2] The term masakat is likely cognate with Acehnese meuseukat, a confection popular in Aceh, Indonesia. The dessert is likened to Karachi halwa, and is made with corn starch, sugar, butter, cardamom seeds, and cashew nuts.^[3]

References

1. "အပြောင်းအလဲ သီတင်းကျွတ်ပွဲ". ဧရာဝတီ (in Burmese). 2014-10-10. Archived from the original on 23 May 2022. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
2. ဘိုဘို (2019-06-17). "မန္တလေး အကြောင်း လူသိနည်းတဲ့ ၅ ချက်". BBC (in Burmese). Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 2019-11-15.
3. "မာစကပ် >> ပြောင်းဖူးမှုန့်ဟာလဝါ (Cornflour Halwa>>Karachi Halwa)". Food Magazine Myanmar (in Burmese). Archived from the original on July 3, 2020. Retrieved 2020-07-03.