Somlor Pro`haer
Somlor Pro`haer: Cambodian vegetable and fish soup with a touch of rhizome, lemon grass and prohok base. Pumpkin, Khmer squash, fern-like vegetable, bamboo, fish, taro and chicken broth. This soup is rich in vitamin A, B, C, E and DHA from fish. Serve with steam rice.
 1) Tirk suup monn |
 2) Tirk, tirk suup monn, kthem sor, slek krei, kcheay, prohok, skor,lmiet, msao suup monn. |
 3) Trei, trolach, lpoeu, trav, tro`piang, sa`om, kcheay, ktem sor, slek krey, prohok, ombel, chee proher. |
Vithi tver:
-Trei ros (you can use tilapia or catfish, snapper if you’re in the US). Yoak trei sohk sro`kah, leang tirk heuy katt kong kong.
*Bonlae: Lpeou, throlach, thrav, chet doum toch toch lmom
-sa`om bess slek heuy leang tirk
-tro`paing hann prothess sderng sderng
-Chee proher bess yoak slek heuy threm thirk
*Kreung Bok: Ombel, Kcheay, kthem sor,lmiet bouk jea muy kneah ouy mott
*Damm tirk ouy pouh heuy nhee slek krey dak chol chnang, chak tirk suup monn kompung chol, bung kreung bok, bung prohok, bung trei
-sngor ouy puoh bontich therb bung bonlae krub mok, dak skor, ombel, msao suup monn
-plouk merl tham thier chol chet
-pale cha`en, bett plerng dak chee proher chea thi bonjub
Point! 
I use jar “sour bamboo shoot” as shown in the picture. It has strong sour smell, this can change the flavor of the soup. Make sure to boil bamboo shoot once to get rid of sour smell and sodium metabisulfite. After boiling, wash it out a few times and then soak it with cold water for about 10 minutes before putting it into the soup. If you use a fresh bamboo, boil once to get rid of strong acid.
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That’s my favorite dish, sis. It looks so yummy. It make me miss Khmer dishes more and more. My mouth is watering now…
April 8th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Hi B.S,
Is that right? I am glad you like it. Don’t we have something in common or it’s just Khmer taste?
Can you cook? Does school provide kitchen for students where you are at right now?
April 8th, 2008 at 4:56 pm
Eiya, Eiya…..Chgnagn Moat Teat Heuy Khgnom!
Khgnom Som Pluok Muoy Chan Heuy Na, Bong Srey!
The fish which full of DHA,Lapov (Kabocha in Japanese,the word which i heard to be derived from Kampuchea), Trolach are really good for our health.
Pit Chea Kuor Chang Gnam Men!
April 9th, 2008 at 7:11 am
Mr.Chumnith,
Neang tver somlor pi chan, somlor muy chan tuk june Chumnith. Somlor muy chan thiet june bong pa`oun Khmer kroub roob. Onjernh jah!
Yes, fish is healthy, the fish oil contains high DHA which is good for human brain. Lpoeu has high beta carotene, good for eyes. Trolach has calcium. Trolach is often use to cure fever in our traditional practice.
April 9th, 2008 at 10:35 am
tevy
look good for somlor pro haer. When I was in Cambodia last year I went with my faimlies to dig fresh bamboo and go fishing with them. We made somlor pro haer, it was yummy with a lot of chili. My husband is an American and he thinks we eat good food with everything fresh except Prohok he hated. He loves all khmer food as long as you don’t put prohok in it. You are a real good chef even you don’t work in a restaurant, but you food show that you do take time to make it look so good, and it mush be tasted as good as it look also. Keep up your good work, I will be back to check out more of your food pictures.
Take care and Happy New Year.
tevy
April 11th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Mrs. Tevy,
Good to see you. Thanks for your comments.
Happy new year to you too!
Somlor prohaer is whole hearty soup, plenty of vitamin. Fresh bamboo and fresh fish makes somlor prohaer very authentic! Real Khmer soup. Yes, it goes well with a touch of salt and chilli or salt and fish sauce. I can see you enjoyed the soup with your family. Very nice to eat together. Glad you had fun.
-Most foreigners are not use to strong smell of prohok. I think it takes time for them to get use to it. Like I can never get use to some of their food such as blue cheese…etc. However, making Khmer dish, prohok is adjustable, you can add a small amount of prohok and supplement it with fish sauce, this give it a lighter taste.
-I learned that food is the base of human, like root is the base of tree, you are what you eat. Bad root affects the whole tree. Bad food affect ones health and mental. If we have a choice, choose healthy food, eat fresh. In this sense, I am glad I am Cambodian because Khmer food is always fresh and rich in vitamin.
-As far as recipe, I will just list the ingredients for now. If there’s any question about Khmer food, please leave a message. And if there enough request, we can join the #chatroom.
Best regards,
sko
April 11th, 2008 at 1:28 pm