From Khmer, Cambodia.
Pin · Angkor (Khmer heartland) · historical or cultural region, not a town
- Region
- Southeast Asia deep cuts
- First record
- 1181 · Islamic & Mongol world
- Fold
- Pyramid, leaf-wrapped
- Cooked
- Steamed. Khmer New Year, weddings, Pchum Ben. Symbolizes the yoni (Uma)
Anatomy
Inside
- Wrapper
- Rice or wheat doughFilled; sweet; pyramid in banana leaf
- Filling
- Glutinous rice flour; grated coconut, palm sugar, toasted sesame
- Cooked
- Steamed. Khmer New Year, weddings, Pchum Ben. Symbolizes the yoni (Uma)
- Size
- About 4 cm across
Not known yet We don’t yet have a written story, a recipe, a dated or primary source or a precise place of origin for Num kom. What we do have is below, with its sources.
Range
Where
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How sure we are
Evidence
Reasonably sure. Reference works agree, but we have not yet found a dated or primary source. Part of its origin story is legend.
The grade comes from the project's source report and has not yet been checked source by source. How grading works.
First record Royal Academy of Cambodia: 'some documents' link it to Jayavarman VII's reign, 1181–1218 (S, weak; documents not named)
This entry is drawn from the World Dumpling Atlas, §9.1, the project's source report. Its grade, S secondary consensus, says how far that has been checked against a primary source.
History sources are from the atlas and not yet independently checked.
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