🇰🇭 Cambodian Cuisine

Somlar Kari

Cambodian Yellow Curry

Prep Time 15 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 436 kcal

A mild, fragrant yellow curry with chicken, sweet potatoes, and coconut milk, served with French bread or rice. Cambodia's everyday curry.

Ingredients

  • 500g chicken thigh, cubed
  • 400ml coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp Cambodian yellow curry paste
  • 2 sweet potatoes, cubed
  • 1 onion, quartered
  • 2 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 tbsp palm sugar
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 star anise

Instructions

  1. 1 Fry curry paste in a splash of coconut milk until fragrant and oil separates.
  2. 2 Add chicken and sear until golden on all sides.
  3. 3 Add remaining coconut milk, sweet potatoes, onion, bay leaves, and star anise.
  4. 4 Simmer 20 minutes until sweet potatoes are tender and chicken is cooked.
  5. 5 Season with fish sauce and palm sugar. Serve with French bread or rice.

Did You Know?

Cambodians traditionally dip torn pieces of French baguette into this curry, a habit from the colonial era.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/cambodian/somlar-kari/