EATING NEM

NEM HOMEMADE FOOD

NEM is the most popular spices food of Cambodian. Every each of Nem containing a whole green chili inside to make it tasty and hot.

Nem can makes from fish (Nem fish) or pork (Nem pork). It depending on your favorite, you can choose what ever you want. 

The tasteful Nem, roll made of hashed fish meat wrapped and cooked in banana leaves, for your families, friends, or colleagues. NEM can be eaten as a snack or with rice according to one's interest. Some people who prefer eating NEM said NEM in Kratie is tastier than that in Battambang. Thus, let's see how NEM is made in Kratie province. 

NEM has been produced for sale as a family business. A family could make NEM with an average 500 per day and it costs 100 Riel per NEM. However, they could make more than that depending on the customers' demand. First, we have to ensure that all ingredients are ready to be used for making NEM.

The main element of NEM is fish meat; kind of fish depends on the fish availability and one's interest. The other ingredients are toasted rice, ginger, stargooseberry leaves, banana leaves, chilies, sugar, salt and seasoning.

The fish meat is shredded or crushed, and mixed with toasted rice, ginger, sugar, salt and seasoning. Hashed fish meat is rolled into small ones with chili slice and stargooseberry leaves. At last, they are wrapped in banana leaves and tied with wire. One day later, NEM is ready for eating.