Gỏi (Nộm in Northern Vietnam) is the indigenous

salad A salad is a dish consisting of mixed, mostly natural ingredients with at least one raw ingredient. They are typically served at room temperature or chilled, though some can be served warm. Condiments and salad dressings, which exist in a va ...

Vietnamese cuisine Vietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages of Vietnam. Meals feature a combination of five fundamental tastes ( vi, ngũ vị, links=no, label=none): sweet, salty, bitter, sour, and spicy. The distinctive nature of each dish reflec ...

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

Russian salad Olivier salad ( rus, link=no, салат Оливье, salat Olivye) is a traditional salad dish in Russian cuisine, which is also popular in other Post-Soviet states, post-Soviet countries and around the world. In different modern recipes, it is ...

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

turnip The turnip or white turnip (''Brassica rapa'' subsp. ''rapa'') is a root vegetable commonly grown in temperate climates worldwide for its white, fleshy taproot. The word ''turnip'' is a compound of ''turn'' as in turned/rounded on a lathe and ' ...

kohlrabi Kohlrabi (pronounced ; 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 a cultivar o ...

cabbage Cabbage, comprising several cultivars of ''Brassica oleracea'', is a leafy green, red (purple), or white (pale green) biennial plant grown as an annual vegetable crop for its dense-leaved heads. It is descended from the wild cabbage ( ''B.&nb ...

, or

papaya The papaya (, ), papaw, () or pawpaw () is the plant species ''Carica papaya'', one of the 21 accepted species in the genus ''Carica'' of the family Caricaceae. It was first domesticated in Mesoamerica, within modern-day southern Mexico and ...

, and slices of

cucumber Cucumber (''Cucumis sativus'') is a widely-cultivated Vine#Horticultural climbing plants, creeping vine plant in the Cucurbitaceae family that bears usually cylindrical Fruit, fruits, which are used as culinary vegetables.

often with meat - either grated, boiled, lean pork, beef, shrimp or small fry. Other ingredients and

condiment A condiment is a preparation that is added to food, typically after cooking, to impart a specific Flavoring, flavor, to enhance the flavor, or to complement the dish. A table condiment or table sauce is more specifically a condiment that is serv ...

s include

spice A spice is a seed, fruit, root, bark, or other plant substance primarily used for flavoring or coloring food. Spices are distinguished from herbs, which are the leaves, flowers, or stems of plants used for flavoring or as a garnish. Spices a ...

herb In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal ...

s, and

peanut The peanut (''Arachis hypogaea''), also known as the groundnut, goober (US), pindar (US) or monkey nut (UK), is a legume crop grown mainly for its edible Seed, seeds. It is widely grown in the tropics and subtropics, important to both small ...

. The salad is mixed, soaked in

vinegar Vinegar is an aqueous solution of acetic acid and trace compounds that may include flavorings. Vinegar typically contains 5–8% acetic acid by volume. Usually, the acetic acid is produced by a double fermentation, converting simple sugars to et ...

sugar Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Simple sugars, also called monosaccharides, include glucose, fructose, and galactose. Compound sugars, also called disaccharides or double ...

garlic Garlic (''Allium sativum'') is a species of bulbous flowering plant in the genus ''Allium''. Its close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek, chive, Allium fistulosum, Welsh onion and Allium chinense, Chinese onion. It is native to South A ...

chili pepper Chili peppers (also chile, chile pepper, chilli pepper, or chilli), from Nahuatl '' chīlli'' (), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus ''Capsicum'', which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for ...

, and seasoned with

salt Salt is a mineral composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of salts; salt in the form of a natural crystalline mineral is known as rock salt or halite. Salt is present in vast quantitie ...

. 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. Northern Vietnamese version In northern Vietnam, ''bánh đúc'' is a cake made from eit ...

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

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 D� ...

References

External links

Vietnam Tasty - Nộm

{{DEFAULTSORT:Nom Vietnamese cuisine Salads

See also

References

External links