The trang is dipped in water, then laid flat on a plate and the desired amount of ingredients is placed on top. The fresh is then rolled up and ready to be eaten. can be served with (also known as hoisin sauce), which consists of ground and mixed coconut water (or broth), before being stir-fried with garlic and some sugar and then sprinkled with chili powder and ground peanuts. Alternatively, g can be served with peanut sauce or other Vietnamese dipping sauces, such as nước , a condiment based on fish sauce.
In Vietnam and in various parts of Southeast Asia, Vietnamese can be seen hand-making banh trang (rice paper) and placing them on the rectangular bamboo trays around their houses. Traditionally, are eaten with a large group of people at a home setting.
Regional
In southern Vietnam, these rolls are called meaning salad rolls, while in northern Vietnam, these rolls are called Nem , meaning nem rolls. In central Vietnam, it is simply called "rice paper" roll. In the West, these rolls are called by several different English names, including "salad roll," and "summer roll." Sometimes the word "Vietnamese" is added at the beginning of these words, for example, in Hong Kong they are called "Vietnamese roll," or "Vietnamese spring rolls" in Australia and the United States. Some Asian restaurants in the United States also refer to them as "crystal roll" "soft roll" or "salad roll".
Fresh rolls are easily distinguished from similar rolls by the fact that they are not fried and the ingredients used are different from (deep-fried) Vietnamese egg rolls. Fresh rolls have gradually become more popular in neighboring Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos as well as in Canada and the U.S. or wherever there are a significant concentrations of the Vietnamese diaspora. Its popularity is also partly due to several websites promoting Vietnamese food by tourists as well as Southeast Asian food experts and by word of mouth.
In Cambodia, Vietnamese gỏi cuốn are called nime chao, derived from the Vietnamese word nem. In Japan, they are called nama harumaki , and are typically filled with shrimp.