prahok

Noun

prahok (uncountable)

1. A salted and fermented fish paste used in Cambodian cuisine.
   • Nor is the industry of fish-curing solely confined to salting, cleaning, and drying; but fish-oil and ichthyocol are extracted, and those mysterious concoctions prepared, which, under the name of pha-ak and prahok, are justly renowned as the most horribly stinking and repugnant products in this...1905, G[erolamo] E[milio] Gerini, “A Trip to the Ancient Ruins of Kamboja”, in Asian Review, London: East Asia Association, →OCLC, page 96
   • "Prahok" is the paste of fermented fish, and is one of the Cambodian staple foods. Prahok making activity is very common among rural Cambodians who migrate from their home regions once a year to settle temporarily in the areas close to the river or lake. Most Cambodians use Prahok for cooking...2008, Neth Baromey, “Contexts of Livelihoods in BTC and SS Core Areas”, in Ecotourism as a Tool for Sustainable Rural Community Development and Natural Resources Management in the Tonle Sap Biosphere...