Salor machu takoun sach ko.
(Beef and water spinach sweet sour soup.)

Sweet, sour and spicy soup with beef and crisp green water spinach is delicious Khmer Krom country food. This recipe is good for with or with out pickle fish*pahok*.
• Ingredients :
  • 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil
  • 3 Cloves garlic, chopped
  • ¼ Cup fresh or frozen minced lemon grass
  • ½ Beef sirloin or beef chuck, sliced thin
  • ½ Teaspoon salt
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar
  • 4 Cups water
  • 2 kaffir lime leaf
  • 1 Bunch,approx 2 lbs water spinach, cut 2 inches in length
  • 2 Tablespoons tamarind juice
  • 2 Tablespoons fish sauce
  • A handful of chopped fresh herbs; sweet basil leaves, and rice paddy herb (ma-om)
  • 3 or 4 Chopped hot chili pepper or to your taste (option)
  • FOR WITH *PAHOK*
  • 1 Tablespoon creamy style pickle fish*pahok*, and only 1 tablespoon fish sauce
• Procedures :
  Heat up a large soup pot.
  When soup pot is hot, add oil, garlic and lemon grass, stirs well.
  Add beef, salt and sugar, stirs well.
  Add water and kaffir lime leaf, cook till water bubbling.
  Add water spinach to boiling water, stirs.
  Seasoning with fish sauce, tamarind juice and *pahok*, stirs well.
  Top with herbs and chili pepper.
  Removed kaffir lime leaf before serve.
  Serve hot with rice.