Samlar kako

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Samlor kako
Alternative namesCambodian ratatouille,[1] kako vegetable stew,[2] somlaw koko, samlor koko, samlor korko,[3] somlaw kako, Cambodian gumbo[4]
Typesoup
Place of originCambodia
Region or stateSoutheast Asia
Associated cuisineCambodia
Serving temperaturehot
Main ingredientsgreen kroeung, prahok, roasted ground rice, catfish, pork or chicken, vegetables, fruits and herbs
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Samlor kako (

green kroeung, prahok, roasted ground rice, catfish, pork or chicken, vegetables, fruits and herbs.[5] The dish has been compared to French ratatouille or pot-au-feu.[3]

Longteine De Monteiro's 1998

Cornish hen or even free-range chicken or quail meat instead of the traditional catfish for the soup.[1]

In folklore

The soup is featured in a famous Khmer folk legend called "Young black lady's magic formula for a love charm" (មន្តស្នេហ៍ស្រីខ្មៅ). In the legend, a young crown prince Guj Monoraj of a kingdom called Aranh Panh-chak Seila ("forest country that follows the principle of five virtues") goes hunting in a forest and gets lost while chasing after an antelope. Eventually, the prince makes his way out of the forest, but exhausted, scratched and bleeding passes out on horseback while heading towards a village. The unconscious prince is carried inside by an elderly couple who live with their daughter, a beautiful young girl called Neang Khmao (នាងខ្មៅ, lit. 'young black girl').[6]

Eventually, the prince regains

servants they travel back to Neang Khmao. By the next morning after arriving, they have gathered all the ingredients necessary and start preparing the soup.[6]

Three cooks are assigned to prepare the soup, constantly stirring it as it cooks. When the soup is ready, the king tastes it and exclaims that it is delicious, but still seems to be lacking something. He pours some toasted rice in the soup from a plate on a rattan strap left out for sparrows and tastes it again, concluding that now it is perfect. The king asks for the soup's name and is told by the villagers that it is called the "soup of hundred ingredients", to which the king replies that the soup should be called the "stirred soup" (samlor kako) because everyone was always stirring the soup and since then samlor muoy roy mouk has been called samlor kako.[6]

Gallery

  • Vegetarian version
    Vegetarian version

References

  1. ^
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  2. ISBN 978-9924-9486-0-5
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  3. ^ a b Terei-Vigh, Kriszti (11 August 2018). "Samlor Kako". 196 flavors. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  4. ^ Laux, Channy (15 July 2020). "Cambodian Gumbo". Angkor Chef. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  5. ^ Dunston, Lara (26 June 2020). "Samlor Korko Recipe - How to Make Cambodian Stirring Pot Soup". Grantourismo Travels. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  6. ^ a b c Vongs, Moul (July–August 2001). "The Legend Of Samlor Kako". Leisure Cambodia. Vol. 1, no. 3. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
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