Samlor machu
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Samlor machu (Template:Langx – 'sour soup') is a Khmer term for a category of sour soups.
The sour flavour of the soup comes from the use of tamarind (Script error: No such module "Lang".), however variations also include other tangy fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes (Script error: No such module "Lang".), pineapples (Script error: No such module "Lang".), water spinach (Script error: No such module "Lang".), leaf celery, as well as Tiliacora triandra leaves (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[1]
Meat in this type of soup is usually that of either chicken, fish, pork, beef, lobster or crab. In the U.S. and Canada, instead of using fresh tamarind like in Cambodia, a powdered tamarind soup base mix is also used by the diaspora. One popular brand is manufactured by Knorr.[2]
Types
There are many types of Khmer sour soups such as:
- Samlor machu yuon (Script error: No such module "Lang".) with meat, such as chicken or fish, tomatoes, pineapple, and other vegetables and herbs.[1]
- Samlor machu srae (Script error: No such module "Lang".) with fresh and dried fish, crab and green papaya;
- Samlor machu kroeung (Script error: No such module "Lang".):
- Samlor machu kroeung sach ko (Script error: No such module "Lang".) with beef tenderloin, yellow kroeung, water spinach, fish sauce and/or prahok, as well as green beans, and eggplants.[3]
- Samlor machu kroeung sach chrouk with pork ribs, yellow kroeung, watercress, wax gourd, fish sauce and/or prahok.[4]
- Samlor machu ktis (Script error: No such module "Lang".) with pork, pineapple and coconut milk.[5]