Salads

Bok L'hong

បុកល្ហុង

Cambodia

Green papaya salad pounded in a mortar with prahok, dried shrimp, palm sugar, lime, fish sauce, and peanuts, the Cambodian counterpart to Thai som tum.

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What it is

A closer look at Bok L'hong.

Green papaya salad pounded in a mortar with prahok, dried shrimp, palm sugar, lime, fish sauce, and peanuts, the Cambodian counterpart to Thai som tum.

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The prahok gives it a deeper, funkier umami than the Thai version; the palm sugar rounds the heat. Pounded to order at street stalls.

Where it belongs

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Native to

Cambodia

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