On Sunday, I went to South Main Baptist Church Cambodian Congregation for their Thanksgiving service. Since it was for Thanksgiving, they served American food. They did a wonderful job. Here's a picture of Jarretts plate of food, because I forgot to take one of mine lol. Plus he got more than me!
There's mashed potatoes with dark brown gravy, cornbread in the middle, green beans, stuffing, deviled egg, and TURKEY. I swear, Cambodians can make anything taste good lol.
On with the real Cambodian food. . .
This is called Banh Chu Nuo. It's a Cambodian dessert which I'd say is similar to Japanese mochi except instead of pounding sticky rice into a paste, the dough is made out of water and glutinous rice flour. These balls are filled with cane sugar (gives it sweetness AND crunch), mung beans, and shredded coconut. The broth is made out of coconut juice and sugar and the whole thing is sprinkled with black sesame seeds. It's SOOOO good served lukewarm.
Sorry for the fug picture...I didn't want the church people to think I was weird. This is called Thuh Pai. It might not have been totally appropiate for church because it's alcoholic lol. It is dark purple rice with added yeast and sugar. The whole thing ferments in a preferably dark, muggy place and served cold and sprinkled with very thinly shredded coconut. I got a little buzz from it because I'm a lightweight (I didn't even finish the whole little bowl lol).
It tastes a little sweet and the texture of the rice isn't sticky anymore, but rather juicy from soaking in the fermented goodness. The coconut adds some richness to it. It's hard to describe, but I remember not being allowed to eat more than a little cup of this stuff when I was little. I guess I know why now. Anyways...yeah I was a little buzzed at church, but Jesus drank wine right? lol I know I'm so bad.
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