Dish guide
Lok lak
A Cambodian beef dish often served with a sharp lime-and-pepper dipping sauce. Ingredients, cut of meat and accompaniments vary.
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CambodiaThis dish is associated with Cambodia in the cited editorial reference; this is not an exclusive origin claim.
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- Banana blossom
- Banana leaves
- Cambodian rice noodles
- Cane sugar
- Carrot
- Coconut cream
- Coconut milk
- Daikon radish
- Dried red pepper paste
- Fingerroot
- Fish sauce
- Galangal
- Garlic
- Garlic powder
- Holy basil
- Kroeung
- Lemongrass
- Makrut lime leaves
- Monosodium glutamate
- Palm sugar
- Pandan leaves
- Pork
- Prahok
- Rice
- Rice flour
- Rice vinegar
- Soy sauce
- Sunflower oil
- Tamarind
- Turmeric
- Water spinach
- White fish
Sources
-
New beginnings: a gourmet guide to Cambodia
, Cambodia Ministry of Tourism official portal
— https://tourismcambodia.org/public/index.php/official-activities/new-beginnings-a-gourmet-guide-to-cambodia (accessed 2026-08-28)— Dish identity, Cambodia association and qualified variation note.