Com tam

Cơm tấm in Vietnamese is cooked rice from fractured rice grains. Tấm refers to the broken rice grains while cơm refers to cooked rice. It is usually served with grilled pork (either ribs or shredded) plus a Vietnamese dish called bì (thinly shredded pork mixed with cooked and thinly shredded pork skin) over broken rice. The rice and meat are served with various greens and pickled vegetables, along with a prawn paste cake, trứng hấp (baked egg), a... more

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