Cambodian cuisine distinctive and complex spice blend called "kroeung." Other ingredients for kroeung used by Khmers in America are lemongrass, turmeric powder, garlic, prahok, and lemon leaf. This is an important aromatic paste commonly used in Cambodian cooking. Many vegetables used in Khmer cuisine are also used in Chinese cuisine. Vegetables such as winter melon, bitter melon, luffa, water spinach and yardlong beans can be found in soups and stews. Oriental squash can be stewed, stir fried or sweetened and steamed with coconut milk as a dessert. Vegetables like mushrooms, cabbage, baby corn, bamboo shoots, fresh ginger, "kai-lan" ("Chinese kale"), snow peas,
Paprika Paprika Paprika (US English more commonly , British English more commonly ) is a ground spice made from dried red fruits of the larger and sweeter varieties of the plant "Capsicum annuum", called "bell pepper" or "sweet pepper". The most common variety used for making paprika is "tomato pepper", sometimes with the addition of more pungent varieties, called "chili peppers", and cayenne pepper. In many languages, but not English, the word "paprika" also refers to the plant and the fruit from which the spice is made. Although paprika is often associated with Hungarian cuisine, the peppers from which it is