Grilled flattened rice

Grilled rice, a common dish, is also a dish associated with culture and beliefs of Khmer community in the South.
In order to have this dish, Khmer peasants have to go to rice field to select rice which just turns to enter ripe stage (common people call it “dot dot”) on the tenth month of lunar calendar. The rice then is good because it still keeps its smell and is soft. This rice is brought home and put into a pan for roasting and then put it into a mortar for pounding until its husk is peeled. Because the rice is not ripe yet, it becomes flat. That’s why it is called grilled flattened rice.