Cambodian Food is one of the most delicious foods in South East Asia. It is also known as Khmer cuisine in Cambodia. Khmer draws inspiration from their neighbor in Thailand and the residents of Chinese origin. Cambodian Cuisines are often compared with Thailand cuisines, which is correct in certain aspect. Cambodian Foods is the amalgamation of strong and pulsating taste. The specialty of the Cambodian Food is the presence of small amount of salt, sour, sweet and the bitterness in every food. In Cambodia each meal is incomplete without soup or somlar. Hot chilies are also served with the meals. The uniqueness of such variety in the meals is that each every type of flavors can be felt in a single meal. The most common food of Cambodia is rice. Almost every meal in Cambodia consists of rice but the Cambodians also like to eat fish or dried fish. As Cambodia was a French colony, the presence can be felt in the cuisines. Many Khmer cuisines are influenced from different countries like Curry dishes are influenced from India, rice noodles are from China, Baguette from France. Non-vegetarians foods such as beef, pork, and chicken are also available but they are little bit on the expensive side. Many other unknown cuisines are made from locusts, snakes, rats and land crabs. Phnom Penh, the capital of Cambodia is famous for its Ka tieu. Ka tieu is another kind of variation of rice noodles with pork broth. Salor Machu Kroeung is spicy and sour beef soup. The combination of beef and vegetables makes it a healthy diet. Salor Kor-ko Sap is made from eggplants, melon, spinach and pumpkin. The ingredients required are 1 eggplant, 1 bitter melon with seeds removed; 2 cup cubes of pumpkin, 5 oz. of spinach, and 1 cup coconut milk many other spices like turmeric, paprika etc. To make it, you need to mix all the important spices and essentials like turmeric, paprika, water, garlic, and coconut milk. Put eggplants and melon in a soup pot and heat it over for 10 minutes. Cook the soups until the pumpkin becomes soft. Add some sugar, salt, mushroom and stir it. Serve with hot rice or baguette. Many well known soups are somlar machau banle, somlar chapek and mon sngor. Num banh is a very popular breakfast in Cambodia. Cambodians also like to have desserts after the meal; they are prepared from the milk or rice. There are abundance of fruits such as mango, coconut, watermelon and variety of bananas. At the end of the month May, you can find different kind of exotic foods. Beef salad is also one of the most favorite dishes for Cambodians as well as Vietnamese and Thai people. Kroeung is a special type of marinade paste, which is made from a variety of herbs. The Tuk tey sauce can be used as marinade or as dipping sauce.
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