MAY 2007 (part1) - Khmer Krom Recipes

YEAR.2_No.17 May 2007 www.khmerkromrecipes.com KU SRAH SREY Magazine
Trey kho umpil
( Caramelized basa fish with tamarind)
Chunks basa fish caramelized in sweet, spicy
hot and tangy tamarind sauce is Khmer Krom
ethnic food that originated from Mott Chrouk
(Chau Doc) province. Chau Doc is well known
around the world for produces the best basa fish.
The basa fish breeders from Chau Doc keeps their
fish in large cages under their floating homes along
the bank of Mekong river. During Khmer empire,
there are so many good eating fish in Mekong River
that the ancient Khmer didn’t care for basa or
catfish, because they said basa and catfish eats anything. They left the catfish a
lone in Mekong River; after so many years these catfish grew into very big
fish. Some of these giant catfish weights several hundred pounds.
When Cambodia lost Kampuchea Krom on 6-4-1949, the hardship of living is
also began for the Khmer Krom. The villagers began to catch anything they
can get their hands on for foods including giant catfish. But giant catfish they
caught couldn’t sell because most Khmer Krom said big catfish is too tough
and it didn’t taste good. That was when some of Khmer Krom started to breeds
basa and catfish to the popular demand sizes for the consumers.
My dad told me before Cambodia lost Kampuchea Krom, he saw a giant
catfish as big as fresh water Mekong dolphin. Now that a very giant catfish!
Ingredients :
1 Tablespoon water
1 Tablespoon sugar
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