What does Cambodia eat for three meals a day?

Three meals a day in Cambodia are mainly rice.

Cambodia's non-staple food is mainly fish and shrimp, lettuce and cold salad. I like to eat a spicy food, such as onion, ginger and raw pepper. Because they believe in Buddhism, they avoid killing and eating animal meat. They generally like to be vegetarian, but on holidays, there are also fish on the table, and the dishes are very rich. They prefer sour, sweet and spicy tastes, and pepper, onion, ginger and garlic are indispensable. Cambodians like China Cantonese cuisine and Yunnan cuisine very much.

Drinking is very common in Cambodia, and fruit can also be eaten as a snack. There is a big gap between the rich and the poor in Cambodia. The poor account for 25% of the total population, and many people only eat two meals a day. Most working Cambodians have a simple lunch, usually with a sandwich. Cambodian families have rich dinners and often eat Amoke fish, which can be said to be the national dish of Cambodia and the representative of Khmer cuisine.

Eating habits in Cambodia

Traditionally, breakfast is not a part of Cambodian culture. Today, many rural people in Cambodia start a new day in the field with an empty stomach, eat some Kaya lemon fruit or guava as snacks at work, and then rest for breakfast when the weather gets hot. If they have breakfast at home, they usually cook the remaining rice into thick porridge, add some dried fish fillets, or soak the remaining rice in palm sugar juice and sweet mango.

Cambodian families in ordinary cities love Khmer noodles for breakfast. China, as a powerful ally of Cambodia for many years, has exerted extensive influence on it, and breakfast is no exception. Rice noodle soup is called "Khmer noodle", which includes fresh rice noodles and light curry made from local fish in Tonle Sap Lake. Donuts are a common breakfast in Cambodia. These cookies can be seen everywhere in Cambodia. They are made of rice flour with crispy palm sugar oil and sesame seeds.

Traditional Cambodian dishes have Khmer flavor. Because they are geographically adjacent to Thailand and Vietnam, their cooking techniques and flavors are very similar. Therefore, citronella, turmeric, basil, curry and other spices are also widely used, but the taste is not as spicy as Thai food. What is better than Thai food is that Cambodian food is not too oily and has a light taste.