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Coconut production contributes to the national economy of Vietnam. According to figures published in December 2009 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , the country is the world's eighth largest producer of coconuts, producing 1,246,400 tonnes in 2009.
Bánh da lợn (lit. ' lumpy skin cake ') [a] [1] is a Vietnamese steamed layer cake, mostly popular in South Vietnam, made from tapioca starch, rice flour, [2] mashed mung beans, taro, or durian, coconut milk and/or water, and sugar. It is sweet and gelatinously soft in texture, with thin (approximately 1 cm) colored layers alternating with ...
Caramelized pork and eggs or thịt kho tàu is a Vietnamese dish that consists of small pieces of marinated pork and boiled eggs braised in coconut juice. [1] Along with being a familiar part of an everyday meal in Vietnam, thịt kho tàu also holds significance as one of the traditional dishes during Tết (Vietnamese New Year).
Since Vietnam's urbanization in the first half of the 20th century, Com Tam became popular across Southern provinces, including Saigon. [5] [4] [6] When Saigon was bustling with many people from many countries around the world, food sellers adapted Com Tam to be more suitable for foreign customers like the French, American, Chinese, and Indian.
Traditional coconut candy making. Kẹo dừa is a Vietnamese coconut candy most commonly produced in Bến Tre province, Vietnam, with coconut milk and coconut cream. The Ben Tre Province is nicknamed by the Vietnamese as the "Land of Coconut" (Xu Dua). The Vietnamese term for coconut candy is "kẹo dừa", with kẹo = candy and dừa = coconut.
In southern Vietnam, chè are often garnished with coconut creme. Chè may be served either hot or cold, and eaten with a bowl and spoon or drunk in a glass. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] Each variety of chè is designated by a descriptive word or phrase that follows the word chè , such as chè đậu đỏ (literally " red bean chè ").
Từ điển bách khoa Việt Nam (lit: Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Vietnam) is a state-sponsored Vietnamese-language encyclopedia that was first published in 1995. It has four volumes consisting of 40,000 entries, the final of which was published in 2005. [1] The encyclopedia was republished in 2011.
The coconut tree (Cocos nucifera) is a member of the palm tree family and the only living species of the genus Cocos. [1] The term "coconut" (or the archaic "cocoanut") [2] can refer to the whole coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which botanically is a drupe, not a nut.