Green Mango Relish

Green Mango Relish, a delightful and versatile Khmer dish, offers a medley of flavors that can be customized to suit individual preferences. This light and pounded concoction features green mango, garlic, chili pepper, and tomato, combined with a choice of condiments such as salty crab (kdam pait), shrimp paste (kapik), fish sauce (tirk trey), or a vegetarian lime sauce.

For the vegetarian version, a zesty lime sauce is created by mixing lime juice and sugar, which is then poured over pounded garlic, chili pepper, green mango, and tomato. The resulting relish is a refreshing and tangy delight that pairs well with various dishes.

Those opting for the fish sauce variant will blend lime juice, sugar, and fish sauce together, creating a savory and umami-filled sauce. The pounded mixture of garlic, chili pepper, green mango, and tomato is then combined with this fish lime sauce, resulting in a flavorful and aromatic relish.

Salty crab enthusiasts can enjoy a unique twist by mixing lime juice and sugar, pounding garlic, chili pepper, and salty crab together, and then combining this mixture with green mango and tomato. Some prefer to add prepared marinated salty crab on top just before serving, enhancing the overall taste experience.

For those favoring shrimp paste, a mix of lime juice, sugar, and shrimp paste sauce is created and combined with the pounded mixture of garlic, chili pepper, green mango, and tomato. The resulting relish offers a rich and bold flavor profile that elevates the dish.

Green Mango Relish provides a culinary canvas for personal taste preferences, showcasing the adaptability and creativity within Khmer cuisine. Whether enjoyed as a standalone dish or as a complement to various meals, this relish adds a burst of freshness and complexity to the dining experience.

Vegetarian

For other flavor

Directions to make Green Mango Relish

Selected your flavor and follow direction below.

FOR VEGETARIAN (Mahope sap):

1. In a small bowl, mix limejuice and sugar together, mix well and set a side.
2. Using mortar and pestle to pounded garlic and chili pepper together, add ½ amount mango and tomato, pounded and stirs it lightly.
3. In a large bowl, mix remaining green mango with pounded green mango, pour prepared lime sauce on top, mix well before serve.

WITH FISH SAUCE (Tirk trey):

1. In a small bowl, mix limejuice, sugar and fish sauce (tirk trey) together, mix well and set a side.
2. Using mortar and pestle to pounded garlic and chili pepper together, add ½ amount mango and tomato, pounded and stirs it lightly.
3. In a large bowl, mix remaining green mango with pounded green mango, and pour prepared fish lime sauce on top, mix well before serve.

WITH SALTY CRAB (Kdam pait):

1. In a small bowl, mix lime juice with sugar, mix well and set it a side.
2. Using mortar and pestle to pounded garlic, chili pepper and salty crab (kdam pait) together, add ½ amount mango and tomato, pounded and stirs it lightly.
3. In a large bowl, mix remaining green mango with pounded green mango, and pour prepared lime sauce on top, mix well before serve.
4. NOTE: Some people prefers put prepared salty crab(already marinated with lime and sugar)on top salad just before serve.

WITH SHRIMP SAUCE (Kapik):

1. In a small bowl, mix limejuice, sugar and shrimp paste sauce (kapik) together, mix well and set a side.
2. Using mortar and pestle to pounded garlic and chili pepper together, add ½ amount mango and tomato, pounded and stirs it lightly.
3. In a large bowl, mix remaining green mango with pounded green mango, and pour prepared shrimp paste sauce on top, mix well before serve.

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