rau lang

Mẹ luộc một rổ rau lang cho bữa tối.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Sweet potato leaves / vines: The edible leaves and tender stems of the sweet potato plant (Ipomoea batatas), commonly consumed as a leafy green vegetable, often boiled or stir-fried.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bà ngoại thường luộc rau lang chấm với nước mắm. (Grandmother often boils sweet potato leaves to eat with fish sauce.)
  • Rau lang xào tỏi là một món ăn đơn giản và bổ dưỡng. (Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with garlic is a simple and nutritious dish.)
  • Ở quê, họ trồng khoai lang lấy củ và cả rau lang để ăn. (In the countryside, they grow sweet potatoes for the tubers and the leaves for food.)

Advanced Usage

• "canh rau lang": sweet potato leaf soup.
  • Bữa trưa có tô canh rau lang nấu với tôm khô. (Lunch featured a bowl of sweet potato leaf soup cooked with dried shrimp.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rau muống (n): water spinach, another common and popular leafy green vegetable in Vietnamese cuisine.
• Ngọn khoai lang (n): another way to refer to the tender shoots and leaves of the sweet potato plant.

Synonyms

• Sweet potato greens: A common English term for the edible leaves.
• Sweet potato tops: Another English term referring to the leafy part of the plant.

Related Idioms

• • Bữa cơm thanh đạm chỉ có cà pháo với rau lang. (The simple meal consisted only of pickled eggplants and sweet potato leaves.)