Chha trob

Chha trob

Chha trob with a bowl of steamed rice
Alternative names	dot trob,[1] cha traop dot[2]
Place of origin	Cambodia
Created by	Cambodian cuisine
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Eggplant, minced pork, oyster sauce, and fermented soybeans
Food energy (per serving)	338[1]–426[3] kcal

Chha trob (Khmer: ឆាត្រប់) or dot trob (ដុតត្រប់) is a Cambodian dish made out of chargrilled eggplants with minced pork and fermented soybeans stir-fried in oyster sauce and garnished with spring onions.^[1] It is a typical dish from the Kampuchea Krom region in Mekong Delta.^[4]

Name

The full name of the dish is trob dot chha sach chrouk chenh chram (ត្រប់ដុតឆាសាច់ជ្រូកចិញ្ច្រាំ, lit. 'roasted eggplant with fried minced pork'), which is often shortened to chha trob (ឆាត្រប់, lit. 'fried eggplant') or more correctly dot trob (ដុតត្រប់, lit. 'roasted eggplant') since minced pork is the ingredient that's stir-fried, not the eggplant, which is grilled or barbecued instead.^[1]

Variations

Instead of oyster sauce, fish sauce can be used as well, but minced pork can be combined with chopped shrimp or chicken^[2] or substituted with crumbled tofu or ground plant-based meat for a vegan version that also replaces fish sauce with Hoisin sauce.^[5] The eggplant can also be smoked on charcoal or wood pellets in a barbecue or broiled in the oven. Chha trob is served with steamed rice and sometimes also garnished with coriander leaves.^[3]

References

1. Carter, Terence. "Cambodian Grilled Eggplant with Minced Pork Recipe". Grantourismo Travels. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
2. De Monteiro, Longteine; Neustadt, Katherine (1998). The Elephant Walk Cookbook: Cambodian Cuisine from the Nationally Acclaimed Restaurant. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 130. ISBN 0395892538.
3. "Cambodian Grilled Eggplant with Ground Pork". Salt & Pestle. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
4. Rivière, Joannès (2008). Cambodian Cooking: A humanitarian project in collaboration with Act for Cambodia. Periplus Editions. p. 60. ISBN 978-0-794-65039-1.
5. Vinola Munyon (20 May 2021). "Chha Trob". Together Women Rise. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

External links

• Luke Nguyen. Chargrilled eggplant with pork. 25 June 2015. Special Broadcasting Service