Fish amok
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Fish amok or amok trei (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a Khmer steamed fish curry (amok) with a mousse-like consistency, considered one of Cambodia's national dishes. Fish amok is believed to have been a royal Khmer dish dating back to the Khmer Empire,[1][2] although some question it originating in Cambodia.[3] It is slightly spicy. It also contains a variety of spices chili, turmeric (Madras & Alleppey), garlic, ginger, paprika, cumin, coriander seed, galangal, kaffir lime leaf, kenchur, black pepper, lemon myrtle leaf. Amok Trei in English is Steamed Fish.
Ingredients
Usually, goby, snakehead or catfish is used; however, they are also sometimes substituted with cod, snapper, barramundi, salmon, whiting, or perch. The fish fillets are rubbed with or marinated in a freshly-made yellow or green kroeung[2] mixed with coconut cream or coconut milk and eggs. The curry mixture is placed in a banana leaf container with great morinda leaves at the bottom and steamed for around 20 to 30 minutes until the curry achieves a mousse-like consistency.[2] Great morinda leaves can also be substituted with Swiss chard leaves if not available.[4]
Fish amok is served hot usually in either banana leaf containers or coconut shells and eaten with steamed rice.[2] Many restaurants in Cambodia also serve less traditional versions of amok with chicken, tofu, or beef instead of fish. Other deviations include the use of a store-bought herb paste, other types of kroeung, more liquid consistency and cooking instead of steaming.[5]
See also
References
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- Amok Trei/Fish Amok. 1 May 2021. Cambodianess.
- Make Amok, Fish Curry Steamed In Banana Leaves. 25 April 2021. Munchies. Vice Media via YouTube
- Rachel Gray. Everything you ever wanted to know about Cambodian fish amok. February 2019. Jetstar
- Luke Nguyen. Royal seafood amok. 25 June 2015. Special Broadcasting Service