Culture and heritage

Dishes and recipes

Khmer dishes, the pastes and ingredients behind them, and recipes from home cooks and chefs.

Watercolor of a Khmer table with fish amok, noodle soup, herbs and a mortar of kroeung
Illustration inspired by a seaside crab market on the Cambodian coast.

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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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5 dishes

Rice dish, Soup

Bobor បបរ

Cambodian rice porridge eaten plain or with chicken, herbs and crisp garnishes.

Noodle dish, Soup

Kuy Teav គុយទាវ

Cambodian rice noodle soup in pork bone broth, eaten mainly at breakfast with pork, seafood or offal toppings.

Soup

Samlor Korko សម្លកកូរ

Thick Cambodian vegetable and meat soup thickened with roasted ground rice and seasoned with prahok and green kroeung.

Soup

Samlor Machu Kroeung សម្លរម្ជូរគ្រឿង

Khmer sour soup built on kroeung, soured with tamarind and seasoned with fish sauce or prahok.

Soup

Samlor Machu Trey

Clear coconut-free sour fish soup with tamarind, aromatics and garden vegetables.

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Bai Sach Chrouk (recipe)

Bai Sach Chrouk

Pork shoulder marinated in garlic, palm sugar, coconut milk and fish sauce, then charcoal grilled and served with rice and pickles.

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Cha Traop Dot (recipe)

Cha Traop Dot

Whole eggplants softened in the oven and charred on the grill, split and topped with pork fried with fermented soybeans.

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Sach Ko Ang (recipe)

Sach Ko Ang

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)

Twa Ko

Coarsely chopped fatty pork or beef pounded with lemongrass kroeung aromatics, stuffed into casings and air-dried.

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