Xôi
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Xôi is a sweet (ngọt) or savory (mặn) Vietnamese dish made from glutinous rice and other ingredients. Although it is often served as a dessert, in many mountainous areas in Vietnam, people eat xôi as a main dish.
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[edit] Varieties
[edit] Sweet
Sweet xôi are called xôi ngọt in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:
- Xôi đậu đen - made with black soybeans
- Xôi đậu phộng (southern Vietnamese name, also spelled xôi đậu phụng; called xôi lạc in northern Vietnam) - made with peanuts
- Xôi đậu xanh - made with mung beans
- Xôi dừa - made with coconut
- Xôi gấc - made with the aril and seeds of the gấc fruit
- Xôi khoai mì - made with cassava
- Xôi khúc
- Xôi lá cẩm - made with the magenta plant
- Xôi lá cẩm đậu xanh - made with the magenta plant and mung beans
- Xôi lá dứa - made with pandan leaf
- Xôi lam - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with sesame seeds and salt; a specialty of highland minority groups
- Xôi lúa
- Xôi nếp than - made with black sticky rice
- Xôi ngũ sắc
- Xôi nhộng
- Xôi sầu riêng - made with durian
- Xôi tím
- Xôi vị
- Xôi vò
- Xôi xiêm
- Xôi xoài - made with coconut milk and fresh ripe mango; of Thai origin
[edit] Savory
Savory xôi are called xôi mặn in Vietnamese. They include the following varieties:
- Xôi cá
- Xôi cá rô đồng
- Xôi cá rô phi
- Xôi chiên phồng - deep-fried glutinous rice patty
- Xôi gà - made with chicken
- Xôi lam - cooked in a tube of bamboo of the genus Neohouzeaua and often served with grilled pork or chicken; a specialty of highland minority groups
- Xôi lạp xưởng or xôi lạp xường - made with Chinese sausage
- Xôi thập cẩm - subgum xôi
- Xôi thập cẩm chiên - fried subgum xôi
- Xôi xíu mại - similar to the Cantonese siu mai
