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Cambodian Meat Sour Soup (Somlor Machu Kreung)
Difficulty Level : Easy
Serves: 4 people
Cooking Time : 40 mins
Ingredients
For the meatballs (youvarlakia)
- 500g lean minced beef (18 ounces)
- ¼ of a cup long-grain rice (not boiled)
- ½ cup parsley, finely chopped
Instructions
- Pound the prohok until it is a minced paste
- In a pot, add in the pork ribs, kreung, prohok, fish sauce, 1/1 of the tamarind, sugar, salt, mix it and let it rest for 5 mins
- On high heat, stir the meat and cover for about 10 minutes
- Check on the meat and stir to avoid burning
- After 10 mins, you can add in the stock then cover for 20 minutes
- After 20 mins, add in the stems and the other 1/2 of tamarind powder
- Then add in the leaves and mix well
