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Prahok ktiss recipe

Prahok Ktiss Recipe

Thida Koeut
Recipe for cooking the prahok ktiss dip.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Course Appetizer, dinner, lunch, Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine Cambodian
Servings 4 people

Equipment

  • 1 Small mortar and pestle (affiliate link) You can use a blender instead
  • 1 Cutting board
  • 1 Butcher knife
  • 1 Medium-sized skillet

Ingredients
  

Prahok Ktiss Dip Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Prahok
  • 1 Cup Coconut milk
  • ½ Tablespoon Fish sauce (affiliate link)
  • 1 Teaspoon Sugar
  • ½ Teaspoon MSG (affiliate link)
  • ¾ Pounds Minced pork Pork belly is an alternative
  • 5 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 1-inch knob Turmeric
  • 1 1½-inch knob Galangal (affiliate link)
  • 2 Stalks Lemongrass
  • 5 Leaves Lime tree leaf
  • 5 Sweet chilli peppers
  • 2 Hot Thai chilli peppers
  • 1 Cup Pea eggplant Also known as "Thai" or "bitter" eggplant

Vegetables For Serving Prahok Ktiss — All Optional

  • Banana flower (boiled)
  • Green chillies
  • Cabbage
  • Morning glory also known as "water spinach"
  • Cucumbers
  • Eggplant raw
  • Lettuce
  • Carrots

Instructions
 

  • Soak the sweet chilli peppers for 30 minutes
    Soaked sweet chillies for prahok ktiss
  • Clean garlic and place in the mortar
  • Cut lemongrass into thin slices and place in the mortar
  • Clean, then cut turmeric into small bits and add to the mortar (alternatively, use turmeric powder)
  • Slice the lime tree leaves into small shreds and place them into the mortar
  • Slice galangal and put into the mortar
  • Add the hot Thai chillies to the mortar
    Prahok ktiss kreung ingredients
  • Pound the garlic, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric, lime tree leaf, and chillies in the mortar using the pestle to produce the kreung paste
  • Using a butcher knife, mince the soaked sweet chillies into a paste
    Sweet chilli paste for prahok ktiss
  • On a cutting board, mince the pork with the butcher knife
    Minced pork for prahok ktiss
  • Add prahok to the pork, then continue to mince with the butcher knife, while turning the mixture over
    Prahok and pork mix for prahok ktiss
  • In a skillet, heat a tablespoon of cooking oil over medium heat, then add half a 250ml can of coconut milk and stir
  • Add the minced sweet chillies to the skillet and mix well with the coconut milk
    Sweet chilli paste and coconut milk for prahok ktiss
  • Add the kreung paste (contents of the mortar) to the skillet, and mix well
    Kreung paste on skillet for prahok ktiss
  • Place the pork and prahok mix in the frying pan, and mix well
  • Add MSG and sugar to the skillet, and stir all the ingredients together
  • Allow the contents of the skillet to simmer over medium-low heat for 15 minutes or so, then add the Thai eggplants and stir
    Add thai eggplants to prahok ktiss
  • Let the Thai eggplants turn olive-green and turn off the heat

Nutrition

Carbohydrates: 53gProtein: 102.8gFat: 73.8gSaturated Fat: 55.3gCholesterol: 248mgSodium: 1568mgFiber: 13.1gSugar: 29.4gCalcium: 161mgIron: 13mg
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