Mawlamyine Fruit Stall · Preserved Durian
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Mon State around Mawlamyine is one of Myanmar's biggest durian-growing areas, and cooking the fruit down into a thick, spreadable jam is the local way of making its notoriously short season last months longer.
Ripe durian flesh is cooked down slowly with sugar until it thickens into a dense, fragrant jam, then jarred and sold at fruit stalls and markets around Mawlamyine. It's spread on bread or eaten by the spoonful as a sweet, pungent treat.
Why it's made this way: Mon State's durian orchards, alongside its famous rambutan and pomelo groves, are a major reason the region trades so much fruit throughout the rest of Myanmar, and jamming the harvest is a practical way to preserve fruit that spoils fast.
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