Cambodian cookery class

After sampling some lovely food in the country, especially pumpkin curry and fish amok, we enrolled in a cookery class. We visited the market en mass with our teacher, identifying local ingredients, and buying what we needed for the day’s recipes. Then we headed back to a cool, shaded rooftop terrace to cook up the food.

The class itself was a bit slapdash compared to others, but the flavours were fantastic, and we can’t wait to try to replicate these at home.

We made:
Crispy spring rolls with peanut sauce
Sweet chilli sauce
Fish Amok in banana leaf boats
Banana flower leaf and chicken spicy salad
Cambodian dessert of mango and coconut rice

Banana flower leaf and chicken salad

Fish Amok

Steaming the fish amok

Spring rolls Cambodian style

Sticky rice, sweet crunchy coconut, mango and syrup