Nộm or Gỏi (in Southern Vietnam) is the indigenous

salad A salad is a dish consisting of mixed ingredients, frequently vegetables. They are typically served chilled or at room temperature, though some can be served warm. Condiments called '' salad dressings'', which exist in a variety of flavors, a ...

Vietnamese cuisine Vietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages originated from Vietnam. Meals feature a combination of five fundamental tastes (): sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and Piquant, spicy. The distinctive nature of each dish reflects one or more ...

. It is to be distinguished from ''sa lát'' (from the French for salad), and ''sa lát Nga'' ("

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") found in Western style restaurants. This salad is a combination of a variety of fresh vegetables, grated

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kohlrabi Kohlrabi (; pronounced in English; scientific name ''Brassica oleracea'' Gongylodes Group (horticulture), Group), also called German turnip or turnip cabbage, is a Biennial plant, biennial vegetable, a low, stout cultivar of wild cabbage. It is ...

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, or

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, and slices of

cucumber The cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated creeping vine plant in the family Cucurbitaceae that bears cylindrical to spherical fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.condiment A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to enhance the Flavoring, flavour, to complement the dish or to impart a specific flavor. Such specific flavors generally add sweetness or pungency, or sharp or piquant ...

s include

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s, and

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. The salad is mixed, soaked in

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garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plants in the genus '' Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chives, Welsh onion, and Chinese onion. Garlic is native to central and south Asia, str ...

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, and seasoned with

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. One of the best known is ''gỏi gà'', chicken salad. Other varieties include ''bánh đúc nộm'' salad made with ''

bánh đúc ''Bánh đúc'' is a Vietnamese ''bánh'' (cake). There are two main types of bánh đúc, the white Northern Vietnamese cake and the green Southern version. This cake is also considered a local food of Trat, a small province located at the easte ...

'', ''gỏi bò khô'' dried beef salad with Vietnamese balm, the popular ''gỏi đu đủ xanh green''

salad and ''gỏi tôm'' prawn saladSallie Morris, Deh-Ta Hsiung -Best-ever Asian cooking: the authentic taste of eastern cuisine Page 222 1999 "Goi Tom, a typical Vietnamese salad, is tull of surprising textures and flavors. Seri'e as a light lunch dish or for supper with crusty French bread." and local specialities such as rice-paddy eel salad,

gỏi nhệch Gỏi nhệch is a Vietnamese salad made with the small fry of the local paddy field eel (Vietnamese ''cá nhệch'', Latin '' Pisodonophis boro''). It is associated with the Hải Phòng area.VNExpresThưởng thức gỏi nhệch tại Đại ...

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