ចេនឡា · c. 550–802

The Chenla table

The land consolidates. Freshwater fish, fermentation, and palm sugar settle in as the permanent Khmer pantry.

Samlor & Soups · 65 min · Advanced

Samlor Proherសម្លប្រហើរ

Samlor proher is the deep herbal fish soup of the countryside — a thick green broth of pounded lemongrass, kroeung and a dozen leaves, thickened with fish.

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Salads & Pickles · 35 min · Beginner

Pounded Charred Eggplant Dipត្រប់ដុតបុក

Highland eggplants charred whole over coals, peeled, and pounded with garlic, chilli, and prahok into a smoky forest dip eaten with rice and raw greens.

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Samlor & Soups · 40 min · Beginner

Wild Mushroom and Forest-Leaf Soupសម្លផ្សិតព្រៃ

A clear rainy-season soup of wild mushrooms and tender forest leaves from the Ratanakiri highlands — humble, seasonal Khmer Leu cooking, adapted for home.

Num Chak Kachan — Layered Palm Sugar Cake

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Sweets & Drinks · 100 min · Intermediate

Num Chak Kachan — Layered Palm Sugar Cakeនំចាក់កាចាន់

Num chak kachan is the striped steamed cake of the south — pandan-green and palm-gold layers of rice flour and coconut, built one thin pour at a time.

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Sweets & Drinks · 60 min · Beginner

Num T'not — Palm Sugar Cakeនំត្នោត

Num t'not is Takéo's palm-sugar cake — steamed rounds of rice flour and ripe palm fruit, sweet, fragrant and stained gold by the sugar-palm country itself.

Nom Banh Chok — Khmer Noodles in Green Fish Gravy

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Noodles & Breakfast · 85 min · Intermediate

Nom Banh Chok — Khmer Noodles in Green Fish Gravyនំបញ្ចុក

The breakfast of Cambodia: hand-pressed rice noodles under a lemongrass-green fish gravy, buried in raw herbs and banana blossom. Samlor Khmer, the classic.

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Samlor & Soups · 55 min · Beginner

Kho Treyត្រីខ

Kho trey is southern home cooking at its plainest and best — fish braised slow in palm-sugar caramel and fish sauce until dark, sweet and deep.

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Samlor & Soups · 85 min · Intermediate

Samlor Korkoសម្លរកកូរ

Samlor korko is the great Khmer everything-soup — a whole garden simmered with prahok and thickened with toasted ground rice. The national bowl.

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Samlor & Soups · 55 min · Intermediate

Sour Bamboo-Shoot Soup with River Fishសម្លម្ជូរទំពាំង

A sour highland samlor of fermented bamboo shoots and freshwater fish from Ratanakiri's Tampuan and Kreung kitchens — forest-sour, clean, and ancient.

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Foundations · 100 min · Beginner

Kralanក្រឡាន

Sticky rice, black beans, and coconut cream roasted inside a bamboo tube over coals — the Mekong's oldest travel food, cracked open at roadside stalls.

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Foundations · 90 min · Advanced

Prahokប្រហុក

Prahok is the fermented fish paste at the bottom of every Khmer dish — here is an honest, home-scale way to make and understand it, timeline and all.

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