Samlar kakou

Samlor kako or Cambodian ratatouille is a traditional Cambodian soup considered one of Cambodia's national dishes. Samlar kako consists of green kroeung, prahok, roasted ground rice, catfish, pork or chicken, vegetables, fruits and herbs. The dish has been compared to French ratatouille or pot-au-feu. Longteine De Monteiro's 1998 The Elephant Walk Cookbook recommends using Cornish hen or even free-range chicken or quail meat instead of the traditional catfish for the soup. 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').

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