Dessert, Snack
Num Plae Ai នំផ្លែអាយ
Boiled glutinous rice dumplings filled with palm sugar and rolled in grated coconut.
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Khmer dishes, the pastes and ingredients behind them, and recipes from home cooks and chefs.
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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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Salad
Pleah Sach Ko ភ្លាសាច់គោ
Cambodian ceviche of raw beef cured in lime juice with prahok dressing, herbs and peanuts.
Condiment
Prahok Ktis ប្រហុកខ្ទិះ
Cambodian dip of prahok and minced pork simmered with kroeung, coconut cream and tamarind, eaten with raw vegetables.
Grilled dish, Snack
Sach Ko Ang សាច់គោអាំង
Grilled Khmer beef skewers marinated in kroeung and sold as a late-afternoon street snack.
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.
Dessert, Steamed dish
Sankhya Lapov សង់ខ្យាល្ពៅ
Coconut custard steamed inside a whole pumpkin and served in slices.
Curry
Saraman Curry ការីសារ៉ាម៉ាន់
Rich coconut beef curry with roasted spices and peanuts, associated with Cambodia's Muslim communities.
Condiment
Tuk Trey ទឹកត្រី
Cambodian fish-sauce dipping sauce pounded with garlic, chilli, sugar and lime, and the Khmer term for fish sauce itself.
Grilled dish, Snack
Twa Ko
Khmer pork or beef sausage seasoned with lemongrass, galangal and lime leaf, then air-dried.
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Chek Ktis (recipe)
Sago simmered in sweetened water, finished with sliced sugar bananas, coconut milk and toasted sesame.
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Num Chak Kachan (recipe)
Coconut milk batter of cassava and rice flour divided into three colours and steamed layer by layer.
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Num Kom (recipe)
Glutinous rice flour dough filled with sesame, coconut and palm sugar, wrapped into banana leaf pyramids and steamed.
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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 Plae Ai (recipe)
Glutinous rice dough wrapped around palm sugar balls, boiled until they float and coated in grated coconut.
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Sankhya Lapov (recipe)
Whole squash hollowed out, filled with a pandan-scented coconut egg custard and steamed until set.
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