Bok L'Hong

Name: Bok L'Hong
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Cambodia
Ingredients: 400g green papaya, shredded; 2 tomatoes, quartered; 100g long beans, cut; 2 tbsp dried shrimp; 1 tbsp prahok fermented fish paste; 3 Scotch bonnets; 2 cloves garlic; 2 tbsp lime juice; 1 tbsp palm sugar

Cambodia

Cambodia's answer to som tam. The prahok makes it more pungent and complex than the Thai version.

Cambodian green papaya salad — green papaya pounded with dried shrimp, tomato, long beans and prahok fermented fish paste. The fiercer, funkier Cambodian cousin of Thai som tam.

Prep

15 mins

Cook

0 mins

Difficulty

Easy

Calories

405 kcal

Serves

Calories are an estimate based on ingredients used

Ingredients

400ggreen papaya, shredded

2tomatoes, quartered

100glong beans, cut

2 tbspdried shrimp

1 tbspprahok fermented fish paste

3Scotch bonnets

2 clovesgarlic

2 tbsplime juice

1 tbsppalm sugar

Method

Pound garlic, chilli and prahok in a mortar.

Add beans and tomato. Bruise lightly.

Add papaya. Season with lime and palm sugar. Toss.

Chef's Tip

Prahok gives bok l'hong its distinctly funky, deep flavour — it can't be substituted.

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