Bean (đậu, đỗ )
In Vietnam, people use many kinds of beans to cook both meat dishes and sweet dishes. Green peas and string beans are often used in stir – fried or boiled dishes. Other kinds of beans are also very popular
- Red adzuki beans (dau do): they are rich in Vitamin B1, often used to cook sweet soup, streamed sticky rice or soup
- Back – eyed peas (dau trang): Back eyed peas make our soups taste delicious. Sweet black – eyed pea soup is a familiar sweet dish in Vietnam.
- Soy (a) beans (dau nanh, do tuong): Soy beans are used very much because of their nourishment. Soy beans are rich in proteins and vitamins. Therefore, soy beans can replace meat and fish, especially in cooking vegetarian dishes. From soy beans, people can make soy bean milk, soy(a) sauce, many kinds of tofu and bean sprouts ( soybean sprouts)