Comments on: Herbs & Spices

By: SKO

SKO — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:39:59 +0000

Jum reab suo mr.Vannak,
Thank you. I am delighted to hear you enjoy making delicious Khmer food.

I am looking forward to hearing from you sharing all the good stuff about Khmer cuisine, herbs&spices or vegetables.

When I have time, I will try to work more on description. Thank you for your suggestion.

All the best,
SKO.

By: Chhoeng Vannak

Chhoeng Vannak — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 08:38:19 +0000

Great, this is useful site for Khmer herbs & Spices, I love to see this site but if posible why not add Khmer name and more desciption to every herb and spices will be the best. I am trying to get all histories related to all herbs and spices too… I love the art of Cambodian cooking, Khmer cuisine!

Hope to share what I known and success together, Thanks.
Best Regards,
Vannak.

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By: alison

alison — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 22:13:22 +0000

Aloha…….i saw Rhyzome as an ingredient in a cambodian cookbook…elephant walk……and am trying to find out what it is……mostly and then where i can find it…….grow it?……..alison

By: SKO

SKO — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:41:31 +0000

Dear Ms.Carrie,
Thank you for stopping by.
I am not quite sure the name of the spice that makes one high. The closest I can guess is “Kacha” which is like marijuana. Kacha is legal in Cambodia and it is sometimes used in food such as Kuy Teav soup (Cambodian nooble soup).

I hope this would help.

Regards,
SKO

By: Carrie Hunter

Carrie Hunter — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 23:09:14 +0000

Hello. My boyfriend tells me that everytime he has Cambodian food, he gets a spicey dish that has little red flecks in it that are very spice. He also says that for some reason he gets a “high” when he eats this spice, much like an opiate. But he doesn’t know what that spice is. Do you know of any hot spice that can have that affect on people?
Thanks

By: Jayavarman

Jayavarman — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:47:14 +0000

Hello David,
Svakum. Welcome to SKO. Thank you for your visit.
As far as:
-Chee ma-hao, sounds like a fast pronounciation of “chee prohaer,” in Phnom Penh accent. A kind of herb used for “somlor prohaer”soup.

-chee tpol trey sometimes we call it chee cha`ahp is a fishwort. I don’t know any other name.

-Chee neang vong is red basil sometimes call sweet basil. It looks like holy basil(from India) but the aroma is different.

I hope this will help you.

By: David

David — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 08:09:34 +0000

Hi there, great site. I've been looking for reference to Khmer herbs and your listing is very useful. I am still after a description of Chee (Chi) Ma-Hao which looks a bit like what you have listed as poel trei (fishwort). Is it the same herb? Also Chee (Chi) Ta-Puo The picture I have looks a bit like what you have listed as prohaer - is it the same thing? And finally is what you have listed as Chee Neang Vong the same as 'holy' basil? Many thanks, I have as section on my lantern website that lists details of asian recipes and books and I will post a link to your site as a useful source of information.