Kauknyintok (Myanmar food)

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Myanmar is a country in the South East Asian region of the Asian continent.

It's capital city is Yangon.

It has a population of about 53.6 million people.





Kauknyintok is a famous Myanmar food.

Kauknyintok is steamed rice and banana wrapped in banana leaf.

It is made of bananas, glutinous rice, grated coconut, sugar, sesame seeds, salt and banana leaves.

It is prepared by mixing the peeled banana with rice and coconut milk which is then wrapped in banana leaf and steam cooked.

It is normally sprinkled with sesame seeds and grated coconut.

It is mostly eaten as dessert.