cốm

Thân thiện

Cô bán hàng gói cốm vào lá sen cho khách.

Definition

Noun: 1. Green rice flakes: A traditional Vietnamese food made from young, glutinous rice grains that are roasted, pounded, and winnowed into flat, green flakes. It is known for its subtly sweet, fragrant, and slightly sticky texture. 2. Granulated substance: Used to describe any substance processed into small, grain-like pellets, such as medicine or minerals.

Usage Examples

• As a food:
  • Mùa thu Hà Nội gắn liền với hương cốm. (Hanoi's autumn is associated with the fragrance of green rice flakes.)
  • Cốm làng Vòng rất nổi tiếng. (The green rice flakes from Vong village are very famous.)
  • Cô ấy mua cốm về để làm bánh. (She bought green rice flakes to make cakes.)
• As a granulated form:
  • Bác sĩ kê đơn thuốc cốm cho trẻ em. (The doctor prescribed granulated medicine for the children.)
  • Cốm canxi giúp bổ sung canxi. (Calcium granules help supplement calcium.)

Advanced Usage

• "cốm non": Emphasizes the young, tender quality of the rice used, highlighting its premium status.
  • Cốm non có màu xanh ngọc rất đẹp. (Young green rice flakes have a very beautiful jade-green color.)
• "mùa cốm": Refers to the autumn season when young rice is harvested to make .
  • Mùa cốm về, các làng quê lại nhộn nhịp. (When the green rice flake season arrives, the villages become bustling again.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cốm dẹp (Southern Vietnamese): A different confection made from popped/roasted glutinous rice or corn mixed with sugar syrup, which in Northern Vietnam is called .
• Chanh cốm (Adjective phrase): Describes very young, small limes.
• Vàng cốm (Adjective phrase): Describes gold in a granulated or powdered form.

Synonyms

• For the food meaning: There is no direct synonym, but it can be descriptively referred to as (pounded flat young glutinous rice).
• For the granulated meaning: hạt (grain, pellet), dạng viên (in pellet form).

Related Phrases

• "Ăn cốm phải nhai chậm": A saying meaning "Green rice flakes must be chewed slowly," emphasizing the proper way to savor its flavor and texture, often extended to mean that good things should be enjoyed thoughtfully.
• "Sang sêu cốm hồng": A traditional phrase referring to the custom of using green rice flakes and persimmons as engagement gifts, symbolizing wishes for a sweet, harmonious marriage.

Học thuật

noun

1. Green rice flakes
   • thuốc cốm
     Granulated medicine
2. Rice growing farmers are the only ones who truly understand when it is time to gather young grains to make Cốm. Then young rice grains are harvested, roasted and ground down to become Cốm. They are put into a large firing pan under small flames and stirred slowly for a specific period of time. They are then poured into a rice mortar and slightly pounded with a wooden pestle, rythmically and at quick intervals until the husk is removed. Following this, the young rice is removed from the mortar and winnowed before being poured again into the mortar and the process repeated. This is then repeated exactly seven times so that all the husk is removed from the young sticky grains. If the pounding is done irregularly and in haste, or it is not repeated for the prescribed seven times, the green colour of the grains will disappear and be replaced by an unexpected brown colour. Cốm is regarded as a purely pastoral gift. To enjoy Cốm, it is advisable to chew it slowly so that one can feel the stickiness of the young rice and at the same time enjoy its sweet, fragrant taste. Visitors to Vong village (about five km from Hanoi) during the Cốm making season will have a chance to listen to the special rythmic pounding of wooden pestles against mortars filled with young rice and see women shifting and winnowing the pounded young rice