Salor ma chu trey ngiet.
(Dried fish with banana blossom soup).

• Ingredients :
  • 1 whole medium size dried and salty snakehead fish.
  • 1 Banana blossom.
  • 5 Cups water.
  • 1 Tablespoon sugar.
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh lime juice or 1 Tablespoon Knorr tamarind powder.
  • 1 Tablespoons fish sauce.
  • 1 Tablespoon roasted rice powder.
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh or frozen minced lemon grass.
  • 2 Cloves garlic. Minced.
  • 2 Tablespoons cooking oil.
  • 2 Hot chili pepper. Chopped. ( Option)
  • 1 Stalk green onion. Chopped.
  • A handful chopped rice paddy herb and sweet basil .
• Procedures :
  Cut salty dried fish to bite sizes and soaked in warm water for 30 minutes.
  Rinsed under cold water. Drained and set a side.
  Take banana blossom and removes all banana's flowers, set a side.
  Removed any tough banana's leaves. Chopped the rest of the leaves thinly.
  Soaked the banana's flowers and banana's leaves in cold water. Drained well and set it a side.
  Heat up large soup pot. When it hot, add oil, lemon grass,and garlic. Stirs well.
  Add dried salty fish and banana's blossom and roasted rice powder.
  Seasoning with sugar, fish sauce,lime juice or tamarind powder.
  Add mix herbs, and top with chili pepper.
  Serve hot with rice.