''Cơm nắm'' is a
Vietnam
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rice dish of the
Miền Bắc region that is shaped into a roll. The dish is commonly carried by those traveling to unfamiliar areas without restaurants or ingredients familiar to them.
[Hanh Nguyen ''Brushing the World Famous: The Story of My Life'' Page 6 2005 "Every day, I walked to school with my books and my lunch which consisted mostly of “cơm nắm” (compressed rice) and salted sesame or salted peanuts."]
Varieties
*''Cơm nắm muối vừng'' - rice balls with salt and sesame
*''Cơm nắm lá cọ Phù Ninh'' - rice balls in palm leaf of Phù Ninh District
References
See also
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Onigiri
, also known as , , or rice ball, is a Japanese food made from white rice formed into triangular or cylindrical shapes and often wrapped in ''nori''. Traditionally, an onigiri is filled with pickled ume (''umeboshi''), salted salmon, katsuob ...
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Vietnamese rice dishes