This Cambodian fried rice recipe makes the best Cambodian bai cha (fried rice), a lighter version of the popular Chinese stir-fry rice dish. Thanks to many centuries of Chinese trade and migration, Chinese fried rice is found across Southeast Asia. In Cambodia, there are many variations, bai char being the most ubiquitous. Our Chinese Cambodian … Read more
This pork larb recipe for Cambodian laab sach chrouk minced pork salad makes a lightly spiced dish eaten with fragrant herbs, crispy vegetables and steamed rice. While it has more famous spicier cousins in Thailand and Laos, Cambodia’s larb is a delicious dish that will appeal to those who prefer more gentle levels of spice. … Read more
This Cambodian chicken rice porridge recipe makes borbor sach moan, Cambodian congee. Called borbor sach moan in Khmer, it’s thought that this chicken rice porridge is a dish of Chinese origin and part of the Cambodian-Chinese culinary heritage rather than a Khmer dish, but no matter its provenance it’s become a comfort food favourite of … Read more
This Southeast Asian pesto recipe makes an easy Asian style Italian pesto that you can stir through pastas or noodles, such as soba or udon, use as a salad dressing (potato salad is perfect), drizzle onto barbecue meats or skewers, dollop on Southeast Asian soups, spread onto Vietnamese banh mi or Cambodian num pang or … Read more
This pepper steak pie recipe for a Cambodian beef lok lak meat pie is based on a popular Cambodian street food dish eaten at local eateries, that is a cousin to Vietnam’s loc lac or ‘shaking beef’. It’s next in our series of Cambodian-Australian meat pie and sausage roll recipes. My pepper steak pie recipe … Read more