WATER KIMCHI may not really sound appetizing but it is absolutely refreshing and delicious. Water kimchi really doesn't involve a lot of ingredients but it comes out so fabulous - so refreshing and belly cleansing deliciousness. There's a phrase that Koreans use to describe a taste sensation like this - "속이 확 뚤린다" - which basically means it feels like my stomach is totally clearing. I guess a ...
Korean Tea Cookies (Dasik) for Lunar New Year
Korean tea cookies or Dasik (다식 茶食) are wonderfully light, mildly sweet and melt-in-your mouth sweets that date all the way back to the 17th century. My ancestors prepared this very traditional, gluten free and vegan Korean treats for Lunar New Years in Korea. During the Shilla and Goryeo Dynasty, these Korean cookies were served with traditional tea - something usually enjoyed by only by ...
Best Korean Bean Sprouts Recipe – Sukju Namul
Korean Bean Sprouts Recipe - Sukju Namul My Bean Sprouts Recipe will show you how to make the very popular Korean Bean Sprouts side dish called Sukju Namul (숙주나물). BTW, just to clarify, the bean sprouts in this Korean Bean Sprouts recipe are Mung Bean Sprouts and NOT Soy Bean Sprouts which is called Kongnamul (콩나물). The word Namul, according to Korean dictionary, has two meanings: 1. any herb or ...
Simple One-Pan Korean Glass Noodles (Japchae) Recipe
Korean Glass Noodles (Japchae 잡채) made in 20 minutes!!?? Well, kind of.. 😜 To be precise, it's 20 minutes of cooking time but the noodles have to be soaked in water for 2 hours or so prior to cooking. However, you can also soak the noodles overnight so that's almost no time as long as you plan ahead, right?? This one-pan Korean Glass Noodles/Japchae recipe is also vegan, gluten ...
Simple Tofu Recipe – Crown Daisy (Ssukgat) Dubu Muchim
Simple Tofu recipe with Crown Daisies (Ssukgat Dubu Muchim) Hello! I'm back from vacation and here is my 2nd tofu recipe!! This simple tofu recipe may seem very similar to my previous Broccoli Dubu Muchim but there are two main differences. One is that the traditional recipe extracts liquid from the tofu before making them into crumbles. The other difference is that it uses traditional ...
Easy Tofu Recipe 1 of 2: Broccoli Dubu Muchim (두부무침)
I have two fabulous Korean easy tofu recipes that I want to share. These easy tofu recipes are great as last minute side dishes and their mild flavors go wonderfully well with any Korean meal. You can also just have it as a snack or like a salad. And you can use a lot of different vegetables from your fridge to make the dish so it's very convenient. So I am sure you heard that tofu is very ...
Easy Korean Potato Fritters (Gamjajeon)
Potato Fritters or Jeon or Gamjajeon is what I would call this but it is not shredded or chopped like most Korean Gamjajeon recipes you will see online. And as I decided to write this post, I realized that this is probably not a common Korean food. I don't think I have seen it served at any restaurant or in anyone's home. But we always had it in our family as long as I can remember. I even did a ...
Korean Temple Food at Gosang in Seoul
Here is another great Korean restaurant review post via my sister #3. I have always wanted to visit a temple food restaurant while I was living in Korea but just did not get to. I did take a few classes in temple food and that was a lot of fun. Temple food (사찰음식 Sachal Eumshik) are foods eaten by Buddhist monks in Korea. In the past, Temple Food was limited to monks and visitors who come to ...
Healthy Zucchini Side Dish-Korean Maleun Hobak Namul (마른 호박나물)
Healthy and also gluten free, my zucchini side dish recipe uses dried zucchini slices instead of fresh. In Korean, it is called Maleun hobak namul (마른호박나물 Maleun (마른) where maleun means "dried" and hobak(호박) means "zucchini/squash". Maleun Hobak is also called Hobak Goji(호박고지) in some areas of Korea. This Korean zucchini side dish recipe is a relatively quick and easy dish when compared to other ...
Korean Perilla Cabbage Pickle (Kkaetnip Yangbaechoo Chojeolim)
Few years ago, I posted an article with the title "Fall is here.." with pics of my vegetable garden including tomatoes and the perilla seeds collected from my 4 perilla plants. My perilla plants started to flower in my garden few days ago and it reminded me of that time. Watching the plants (yes, I talk to my plants too), I could almost hear the perilla plants talking to me - "Hey! You better ...