Rice dish, Snack
Kralan ក្រឡាន
Glutinous rice, beans and coconut milk roasted inside a bamboo tube over coals.
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Fish amok
A Khmer steamed fish curry with a mousse-like texture, made with kroeung, coconut cream and eggs.
Kroeung
A family of pounded Khmer herb and spice pastes that form the flavor base of many Cambodian dishes.
Num banh chok
Lightly fermented rice noodles served with a fish-based kroeung gravy, herbs and raw vegetables.
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Snack, Steamed dish
Num Ansom Chek នំអន្សមចេក
Cylindrical Khmer sticky rice cake filled with banana and steamed in banana leaf for festivals and weddings.
Dessert, Snack
Num Kroch នំក្រូច
Fried sesame-coated glutinous rice ball with a sweet bean filling, sold as a Cambodian street snack.
Snack
Num Pang Pate នំបុ័ងប៉ាតេ
Cambodian baguette sandwich of country pate, cold cuts, pickled vegetables and herbs.
Dessert, Snack
Num Plae Ai នំផ្លែអាយ
Boiled glutinous rice dumplings filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut.
Grilled dish, Snack
Sach Ko Ang សាច់គោអាំង
Grilled Khmer beef skewers marinated in kroeung and sold as a late-afternoon street snack.
Grilled dish, Snack
Twa Ko
Khmer pork or beef sausage seasoned with lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf, then air-dried.
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Kralan (recipe)
Soaked sticky rice and soybeans packed into a village bamboo tube, sealed and roasted beside a line of coals.
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Num Ansom Chek (recipe)
Glutinous rice seasoned with coconut milk, wrapped around whole bananas in banana leaf and steamed into cylindrical cakes.
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Num Kroch (recipe)
Glutinous rice dough wrapped around sweetened mung bean paste, rolled in sesame seeds and deep-fried until crisp.
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Num Pang Pate (recipe)
Warmed demi-baguette layered with mayonnaise, country pate, cold cuts, cucumber, carrot and daikon pickle and coriander.
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Num Plae Ai (recipe)
Glutinous rice dough wrapped around palm sugar balls, boiled until they float and coated in grated coconut.
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Sach Ko Ang (recipe)
Cubed sirloin and pork fat marinated in yellow kroeung with palm sugar and fish sauce, then barbecued over coals.
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Twa Ko (recipe)
Coarsely chopped fatty pork or beef pounded with lemongrass kroeung aromatics, stuffed into casings and air-dried.
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