Khmer Cuisine

Khmer cuisine is the cuisine of the Khmer people of Cambodia.

Khmer culture descended from the ancient Angkor kingdom.

Ingredients

rice

coconut

Various types of paste or khroeung(គ្រឿង) are used for curry and other dishes. Typical spices include garlic, shallot, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric, kaffir lime leaf

neem flower

pea eggplant, thai eggplant

long bean, wing bean

Shrimp paste(កាពិ) is also used in central Thai cuisine

freshwater fish such as striped snakehead(ត្រីរ៉ស់)

Prahok(ប្រហុក) is a condiment made from fermented fish such as snakehead.

Dishes

• babar(បបរ): rice porridge, usually with condiments
• cha khnei(ឆាខ្ញី): meat stir-fried with ginger
• amok(អាម៉ុក): steamed curry, usually with fish
• samlo kari(សម្លការី): curry, often with meat and sweet potato, typically served with rice
• samlo machu(សម្លម្ជូរ) sour soup
• samlo kakor(សម្លកកូរ): stirred soup with various vegetables and herbs