What are the common foods used in Vietnam?

Question

Need to know for Cooking assignment. Thanks

Answer 1

Vietnamese cuisine

Vietnamese cuisine is known for its common use of fish sauce, soy sauce, rice, fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables. Vietnamese recipes use many vegetables, herbs and spices, including lemon grass, lime, and kaffir lime leaves. Throughout all regions of Vietnam, the emphasis is always on serving fresh vegetables and/or fresh herbs as side dishes along with dipping sauce. The Vietnamese also have a number of Buddhist vegetarian dishes. The most common meats used in Vietnamese cuisine are pork, beef, chicken, shrimp, cockles and various kinds of seafood. Duck and goat are used less widely.

Common ingredients

Vegetables

    * Bitter melon (khổ qua)

    * Bok choy (cải bó xôi)

    * Cabbage (cải bắp)

    * Carrot (cà rốt)

    * Cauliflower (súp lÆ¡ or bông cải)

    * Chayote (su su)

    * Chili pepper (ớt)

    * Cucumber (dÆ°a leo)

    * Daikon (củ cải trắng)

    * Eggplant (cà tím)

    * Water spinach (rau muống)

Fruits

    * Durian (sầu riêng)

    * Jackfruit (mít)

    * Pitaya - dragon fruit (thanh long)

    * Lychee (vải)

    * Longan (nhãn)

    * Tomato (cà chua)

    * Rambutan (chôm chôm)

    * Mango (xoài)

    * Mangosteen (măng cụt)

    * Guava (ổi)

    * Cherimoya (mãng cầu tây)

    * Sweetsop (na or mãng cầu ta)

    * Soursop (mãng cầu Xiêm)

    * Custard apple (bình bát)

    * Water apple (roi in the north, mận in the south)

    * Plum (mận)

    * Star fruit (khế)

    * Watermelon (dÆ°a hấu)

    * Langsat (bòn bon)

    * Acerola (xê-ri)

    * Sapodilla (hồng xiêm or xa-pô-chê)

    * Pomelo (bưởi)

    * Spondias cytherea; see Spondias genus (cóc)

    * Green star apple (vú sữa)

    * Persimmon (hồng)

    * Papaya (đu đủ)

    * Buddha's hand (phật thủ)

    * Rose apple (roi in the North, mận Đà Lạt in the South)

    * Canistel (trái trứng gà)

    * Otaheite gooseberry (chùm ruột)

More information about Vietnamese cuisine can be found at Wikipedia.com:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_...

Answer 2

Oi! KGJ has given you a detailed listing!

(Almost) Every meal has rice - many Vietnamese don't feel they have eaten if they have not had rice. Often there are one or two (or more) meat/fish dishes. The variety of leafy vegetables is incredible, as well as other vegetables. Fish sauce (nuoc mam) is a staple, but there are other very tasty (and often smelly) condiments as well. Hot chillies are common in the central and south - the northern diet tends to go light on hot chillies.

Meals are often ended with fruit and tea. People in the north will often move to another table after eating before drinking tea. And they also often break a banana in half before eating it. (I have been told that this is unique to the north, I don't know, not having spent much time observing the consumption of bananas in the south ;^)