Chha trob

Chha trob or dot trob 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. It is a typical dish from the Kampuchea Krom region in Mekong Delta.

Name

The full name of the dish is trob dot chha sach chrouk chenh chram, which is often shortened to chha trob or more correctly dot trob since minced pork is the ingredient that's stir-fried, not the eggplant, which is grilled or barbecued instead.

Variations

Instead of oyster sauce, fish sauce can be used as well, but minced pork can be combined with chopped shrimp or chicken or substituted with crumbled tofu or ground plant-based meat for a vegan version that also replaces fish sauce with Hoisin sauce. 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.