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{{Short description|Cambodian category of sour soups}}
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| name             = ''Samlor machu''
| image            = Samlor machu kroeung served at Neary Khmer, 2018-01-02.jpg
| caption          = A bowl of ''samlor machu kroeung''.
| alternate_name   = ''samlar machu'', ''salaw machu'', ''somlor machu''
| country          = [[Cambodia]]
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| creator          = 
| course           = 
| type             = [[Soup]]
| served           = 
| main_ingredient  = [[Tamarind]], ''[[prahok]]'', [[vegetable]]s, [[fruit]]s, herbs
| variations       = ''samlor machu kroeung'', ''samlor machu yuon'', ''samlor machu srae'', ''samlor machu ktis''
| calories         = 
| similar_dish     = ''[[Canh chua]]''<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lee |first1=Jonathan H. X. |last2=Nadeau |first2=Kathleen M. |title=Encyclopedia of Asian American folklore and folklife |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9BrfLWdeISoC&pg=PA199 |publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]] |year=2011 |page=199 |isbn=978-0-313-35066-5 |quote=''Somluar machu'' is the Khmer version of the Southern Vietnamese hot and sour soup ''canh chua''.}}</ref>
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'''''Samlor machu''''' ({{langx|km|សម្លម្ជូរ}} – 'sour soup') is a [[Khmer language|Khmer]] term for a category of [[sour soup]]s.

The sour flavour of the soup comes from the use of [[tamarind]] ({{lang|km|អម្ពិល}}), however variations also include other tangy fruits and vegetables such as [[tomato]]es ({{lang|km|ប៉េងប៉ោះ}}), [[pineapple]]s ({{lang|km|ម្នាស់}}), [[Ipomoea aquatica|water spinach]] ({{lang|km|ត្រកួន}}), [[leaf celery]], as well as ''[[Tiliacora triandra]]'' leaves ({{lang|km|ស្លឹកវល្លិយាវ}}).<ref name="Choudhary2009">{{cite book |last=Choudhary |first=Shiv Shanker Tiwary & P.S. |title=Encyclopaedia Of Southeast Asia And Its Tribes (Set Of 3 Vols.) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdEjAQAAIAAJ|date=1 January 2009 |publisher=Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd |isbn=978-81-261-3837-1 |page=191}}</ref> 

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 (brand)|Knorr]].<ref>{{cite book |title=The Elephant Walk Cookbook: Cambodian Cuisine from the Nationally Acclaimed Restaurant |author=Longteine De Monteiro |year=1998 |publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin]] |page=306}}</ref>

== Types ==
There are many types of Khmer sour soups such as: 
*''[[Canh chua|Samlor machu yuon]]'' ({{lang|km|សម្លរម្ជូរយួន}}) with meat, such as [[Chicken (food)|chicken]] or [[Fish as food|fish]], [[tomato]]es, [[pineapple]], and other vegetables and herbs.<ref name="Choudhary2009"/>
*''Samlor machu srae'' ({{lang|km|សម្លម្ជូរស្រែ}}) with fresh and dried fish, [[Crab meat|crab]] and [[papaya#Southeast Asia|green papaya]];
*''Samlor machu kroeung'' ({{lang|km|សម្លរម្ជូរគ្រឿង}}):
:*''Samlor machu kroeung sach ko'' ({{lang|km|សម្លរម្ជូរគ្រឿងសាច់គោ}}) with [[beef tenderloin]], [[yellow kroeung|yellow ''kroeung'']], [[Ipomoea aquatica|water spinach]], [[fish sauce]] and/or ''[[prahok]]'', as well as [[green beans]], and [[eggplants]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunston |first=Lara |date=6 April 2020 |title=Sour Beef Soup With Morning Glory – Samlor Machou Kroeung Sach Ko |url=https://grantourismotravels.com/sour-beef-soup-with-morning-glory-recipe/ |website=Grantourismo Travels |accessdate=20 July 2021}}</ref>
:*''Samlor machu kroeung sach chrouk'' with [[pork ribs]], yellow ''kroeung'', [[watercress]], [[wax gourd]], fish sauce and/or ''prahok''.<ref>{{cite book |last=Edelstein |first=Sari |date=2010 |title=Food, Cuisine, And Cultural Competency For Culinary, Hospitality, And Nutrition Professionals |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lj0CeaIIETkC&pg=255 |publisher=[[Jones & Bartlett Learning]] |page=255 |isbn=978-0-763-75965-0}}</ref>
*''Samlor machu ktis'' ({{lang|km|សម្លរម្ជូរខ្ទិះ}}) with pork, pineapple and [[coconut milk]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Dunston |first=Lara |date=14 April 2020 |title=Cambodian Sour Soup With Pork, Pineapple and Coconut Milk Recipe |url=https://grantourismotravels.com/cambodian-sour-soup-with-pork-pineapple-coconut-milk-recipe/ |website=Grantourismo Travels |accessdate=20 July 2021}}</ref>

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