Xôi
Traditional xôi cooker
Xôi (Vietnamese pronunciation: [soj]) is a savory (mặn) or sweet (ngọt) Vietnamese dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients. Xôi is a common on-the-go breakfast item, and a popular snack nationwide. Although it is often served as a breakfast or dessert, people also eat it at lunch or dinner as a main dish in many areas in Vietnam.
Varieties[]
Xôi lá cẩm
Xôi gà (chicken xôi)
Xôi ngũ sắc (five-colour xôi)
Savory[]
Savory xôi are called xôi mặn in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:
- - made with corn and smashed cooked mung beans
- - fried fish xôi
- - deep-fried glutinous rice patty
- - with chicken
- - with mung bean filling with a coating of pandan leaves paste
- [1] (northern Vietnamese name; called xôi đậu phộng or xôi đậu phụng in southern Vietnam) - made with peanuts
- - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with grilled pork or chicken; a specialty of highland minority groups
- or xôi lạp xường - served with Chinese sausage, meat floss and boiled quail egg
- - served with pâté and hams
- or xôi khoai mì - cooked with cassava
- - subgum xôi
- - served with thịt kho tàu (caramelized pork and eggs)
- - served with fried eggs, caramelized eggs or omelette
- - served with smashed mung beans, fried onions, and rousong
- - served with siu mai
Sweet[]
Sweet xôi are called xôi ngọt in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:
- - made with corn, sugar, fried onions, and smashed cooked mung beans
- - made with black urad beans
- [2] - made with mung beans
- - made with coconut
- [3] - made with the aril and seeds of the gấc fruit
- (also called xôi tím) - made with the magenta plant
- Xôi lá cẩm đậu xanh - made with the magenta plant and mung beans
- - made with pandan leaf extract for the green color and a distinctive pandan flavor
- - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with sesame seeds and salt; a specialty of highland minority groups
- - with boiled waxy maize, fried shallot and mung bean paste
- - made with black glutinous rice
- - 5-colored xôi: purple from the leaf extract of the magenta plant, green from pandan leaf, red from gấc fruit, yellow from mung beans, and the white color of natural glutinous rice
- - made with silk worms
- - made with durian
- - hard cooked xôi with pandan leaves.
- - the glutinous rice grains do not stick together in this type of xôi, as they are coated with ground peeled-and-boiled mung beans
- - cooked with coconut juice
- - made with coconut milk and fresh ripe mango; of Thai origin
See also[]
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- Chè trôi nước
- Okowa
References[]
- ^ "Way to easily cook delicious xôi lạc" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ Thanh Lê. "Tricks to simply make xôi đậu xanh by rice cooker" (in Vietnamese). Khỏe & Đẹp. Phunutoday.vn. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "How to make delicious xôi gấc for New Year celebrations" (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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- Vietnamese rice dishes
- Vietnamese words and phrases
- Thai cuisine