Judith McNaught

Mont lin maya

A Burmese hawker making mont lin maya
Type	Snack
Place of origin	Myanmar (Burma)
Region or state	Southeast Asia
Associated cuisine	Burmese
Main ingredients	Rice flour, chickpeas, spring onions, quail eggs
Similar dishes	Banh khot, khanom krok, paddu, serabi, takoyaki

Mont lin maya (Burmese: မုန့်လင်မယား; pronounced [mo̰ʊɴ lɪ̀ɴməjá]; also spelt mont lin mayar) is a traditional Burmese street snack or mont. The Burmese name literally means "husband and wife snack",^[1] and is also known as mont ok galay (မုန့်အုပ်ကလေး, lit. 'little covered snack') or mont maung hnan (မုန့်မောင်နှံ, lit. 'couple snack')^[2] in Mawlamyine and Upper Myanmar.

The dish consists of crisp, round savory pancakes made with a batter consisting of rice flour, quail eggs, chickpeas, and spring onions, fried in a special metal pan.^{[citation needed]}

Similar desserts in the region include Vietnamese bánh khọt, Indonesian serabi, Thai khanom krok, Indian paddu, and Japanese takoyaki.^{[citation needed]}