Num Ansom

Name: Num Ansom
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Cambodian
Ingredients: 2 cups sticky rice, soaked; 1 cup mung beans, cooked; 200g pork belly; Banana leaves, for wrapping

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About this dish

Sticky rice cylinders stuffed with mung bean and pork, wrapped in banana leaf and steamed.

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Ingredients

🍚2 cups sticky rice, soaked

🫘1 cup mung beans, cooked

🥩200g pork belly

🍃Banana leaves, for wrapping

Method

Serves 2

Soak the sticky rice overnight.

Cook mung beans until soft, then mash slightly.

Layer rice, mung bean, and a piece of pork belly on banana leaf.

Roll tightly into a cylinder and secure with string.

Boil for several hours until the rice is fully cooked and dense.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Num ansom is a traditional Khmer rice cake, especially associated with Cambodian New Year celebrations.

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