nộm

Thân thiện

Mẹ làm món nộm đu đủ để ăn trưa.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A Vietnamese sweet and sour grated salad: A traditional dish consisting primarily of shredded or thinly sliced raw vegetables (such as green papaya, carrot, or cabbage) and sometimes herbs, mixed with a dressing of vinegar or lime juice, sugar, fish sauce, garlic, and chili. It is often topped with roasted peanuts or sesame seeds and may include additions like boiled pork, shrimp, or herbs.

2. Noun (less common):

   • A paper effigy or figure: A doll or figure made of paper, often used in traditional rituals or ceremonies.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Salad):
  • Nhà hàng này có món nộm đu đủ rất ngon. (This restaurant has a very delicious green papaya salad.)
  • Bữa trưa tôi chỉ ăn nộm và cơm. (For lunch, I only ate Vietnamese salad and rice.)
• Noun (Effigy):
  • Trong lễ hội, người ta đốt một cái nộm bằng giấy. (During the festival, they burn a paper effigy.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "nộm" is used more commonly in Northern Vietnam. In Central and Southern Vietnam, a very similar dish is often called "gỏi".
• "nộm hoa chuối": Banana blossom salad.
  • Mẹ tôi làm nộm hoa chuối với tôm và rau thơm. (My mother makes banana blossom salad with shrimp and herbs.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gỏi (n): The Southern/Central Vietnamese term for a similar style of fresh, dressed salad, often featuring seafood or meat.
  • Gỏi ngó sen là một món khai vị phổ biến. (Lotus stem salad is a popular appetizer.)

Synonyms

• Salad: A general term for a dish of mixed raw vegetables.
• Papaya salad: A specific type of .
• Effigy: A representation of a person, especially in the form of a doll.

Related Idioms

• Ăn nộm gắp cả cùi dừa: (Literally: To eat salad and pick up the coconut husk). An idiom describing someone who is very greedy or takes more than their fair share, missing the point of the delicate dish.

Học thuật

1. Sweet and sour grated salad
2. Nom is a combination of a variety of fresh vegetables, considered to be salad in Western countries. The main ingredients include grated pieces of turnip, cabbage or papaya and slices of cucumber with grated boiled lean pork. Other auxiliary ingredients are grated carrot, slices of hot chilly and broken roasted groundnuts. These are used to make the dish more colourful. All are mixed thoroughly before being soaked in vinegar, sugar, garlic, hot chilly and seasoned with salt. The mixture of ingredients is put into a dish before being covered with some spicy vegetables. To try a mouthful of Nom is to enjoy a combination of all the tastes, including sour, hot, sweet, salty and fragrant. The dish helps digest at meal and party times. It can become an addictive aid to assist the real connoisseur to enjoy more food