Samlor machu

Samlor machu (Template:Langx – 'sour soup') is a Khmer term for a category of sour soups.

The sour flavour of the soup comes from the use of tamarind ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), however variations also include other tangy fruits and vegetables such as tomatoes ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), pineapples ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), water spinach ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), leaf celery, as well as Tiliacora triandra leaves ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}).<ref name="Choudhary2009">Template:Cite book</ref>

Meat in this type of soup is usually that of either chicken, fish, pork, beef, lobster or crab. In the U.S. and Canada, instead of using fresh tamarind like in Cambodia, a powdered tamarind soup base mix is also used by the diaspora. One popular brand is manufactured by Knorr.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Types

There are many types of Khmer sour soups such as:

• Samlor machu yuon ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) with meat, such as chicken or fish, tomatoes, pineapple, and other vegetables and herbs.<ref name="Choudhary2009"/>
• Samlor machu srae ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) with fresh and dried fish, crab and green papaya;
• Samlor machu kroeung ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}):

• Samlor machu kroeung sach ko ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) with beef tenderloin, yellow kroeung, water spinach, fish sauce and/or prahok, as well as green beans, and eggplants.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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• Samlor machu kroeung sach chrouk with pork ribs, yellow kroeung, watercress, wax gourd, fish sauce and/or prahok.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

• Samlor machu ktis ({{#invoke:Lang|lang}}) with pork, pineapple and coconut milk.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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