Thinking about healthy diet? Let Vietnamese food be your first choice!!

What makes Vietnamese foods stand out for its quality?

Vietnamese dish - Squid with broccoli and bean sprout.

Vietnamese foods are made in a traditional way, using lots of different spices and sauces. Vietnamese people are really dexterous and skillful about using all kinds of different ingredients that Western people would never think of or include in any dishes such as fish sauce – the most common sauce that is included in almost every single dishes in Vietnam; this fish sauce contains a lot of protein and iron.

Fish sauce mixed with sugar and chili is served with green mango

Not only using lots of spices and sauces, people are tempted to use lots of vegetables to complete prepare foods. It does not matter if it is breakfast, lunch or dinner, vegetables play the crucial role in every meal. This is one of the reasons why Vietnamese foods have been ranked as one of top ten healthiest ethnic cuisines by the CNN Health. The vegetables included in every meal help people to have better digestion process.

Another reason that makes Vietnamese foods a great choice for healthy lifestyle is because they rely less on frying which means they have less fat and trans-fat as well as lower calories than the Western dishes.

   

What are some of the healthy Vietnamese dishes?

One of the most delicious and the healthiest Vietnamese dishes is Pho. It is a hot rice noodle soup that not only Vietnamese but also other people from different countries would love to have whenever they come to Vietnamese restaurants. If you haven’t tried it, you should do as soon as you can.

Another healthy dish is Goi Cuon – Vietnamese spring roll. It is made with a thin rice dough (rice paper) that wraps a combination of shrimp, pork or chicken, vegetables (bean sprout, herbs) and noodles.  It is served at a room temperature with Oisin sauce. This is also one of the recommendation appetizers if you ever come to a Vietnamese restaurant.