Mom's Khmer Cuisine

Sunday 29th May 2011 Hey all, today we made Char Kroeung. This involves a lot of herbs so it is very flavour-awesome. You could say its kind of a like a yellow curry, but with less things like potato and that. Also note that these ingredients is for a whole chicken lols. Ingredients : Lemon Grass : 1 stem/branch (whatever you call it) Garlic : 3 cloves Turmeric : 0.5 teaspoon Kaffir Lime Leaves : 5 (cut into halves) Chili : 2 Salt : 0.5 teaspoon Sugar : 1.5 teaspoons Chicken : whole chicken Water : 0.5 cup Note: you could also use beef or lamb. Instructions : Cut the chicken into small portions Finely dice the lemon grass, garlic and then place into a herb crusher Add turmeric into the mix and begin to crush the garlic, lemon grass and turmeric until it becomes paste-like Dice the chili and place it into the herb crusher and mix it Heat a frying pan to medium high temperature, and place the mixed herbs Fry until it produce an aroma of the herbs, then remove the

Sunay, 22nd May 2011 Part 2 Here is a great complimentary dish to go with Ba Bor Sor (white rice porridge). Its salted fish which has a lot of flavour. Ingredients : Fish : 500g Salt : 1.5 teaspoons Sugar : 2.5 teaspoons Sesame Salt : 0.2 teaspoons Oil : As much as you need to deep fry the fish lol Instructions : Prepare the fish such e.g. scaling and cutting the guts out Cut the fish into small portions Place the fish into a bowl, a bowl you can mix the ingredient Add the salt, sugar, and sesame salt into the bowl and MIX thoroughly i mean THOROUGHLY! lol Now you are ready to fry Place oil into a sauce pan or whatever you can use to deep fry Heat to 180C (roughly that temperature if its too hot the oil will explode or something) Lightly place the fish in Cook the fish for about 3-5 minutes each side or to your liking note: don't drink and fry, safety first D: also, drain the fish by placing paper towels into a plate prior to serving. Also big ups to Mom H

Sunday, 22nd May 2011 Since winter is coming upon us fast, I have decided to learn how to make Ba Bor Sor (white rice porridge). This meal is great for winter and for when you are sick as it warms you up and is easily digested. Ingredients : Rice : 1 cup Water : 6 - 7 cups Salt :   1 teaspoon Extras:  coriander, spring onion, soy sauce Instructions : Put 1 cup of rice into a pot and rinse 2 - 3 times Add 6 - 7 cups of water into the pot Add 1 teaspoon of salt into the pot Place pot on the element and bring to a boil Turn down the element and let it boil softly while having the pot lid half off  Let it boil softly until rice becomes fluffy Remove top layer of starch regularly through out the boil notes: for a more or less watery meal just simply put in more or less water accordingly. Also fried fish is great with this meal. Lid Half off ;) More Watery Less Watery with spring onion and soy sauce

Alright, Its time to start learning to cook from Mum! Next weekend!