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Decorate Songpyeon for Halloween & Holidays!

JinJoo — Tue, 24 Oct 2023 18:11:47 +0000

Decorating Songpyeon is something Koreans started to do in recent years. You can decorate it with small flowers using different color doughs or even make fun Songpyeon for Halloween with little pumpkins and skulls for a fun treat. Make pretty flower songpyeon for the holidays! Decorate Songpyeon for Halloween & the Holidays! Typically Songpyeon is
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Soju Mojito Cocktail

JinJoo — Thu, 07 Sep 2023 22:44:51 +0000

Soju Mojito is a wonderfully refreshing cocktail that will go perfectly well with any Korean food but especially with savory pancakes like Pajeon and Korean BBQ dinners! Soju Mojito Cocktail This is my first soju cocktail recipe!! Well.. actually my husband helped me with it. 😝 He wanted to make a Koreanish cocktail drink for
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Crispy Korean Potato Pancakes (감자전 Gamja Jeon)

JinJoo — Wed, 06 Sep 2023 04:30:29 +0000

What is Gamja Jeon (Korean Potato Pancakes)? Korean Gamja Jeon are crispy savory pancakes made from grated potatoes pan-fried in oil. Back in June 2013, I planted some colored potatoes in my father’s farm in Icheon. And then we harvested them in late July. And I have been busy selling them for the last 2
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EASY Oven Roasted Korean Pork Belly

JinJoo — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 00:50:34 +0000

This is a fabulously delicious brined pork belly that can be SIMPLY roasted in the oven instead of cooking for a long time on the stove. Enjoy this with your Korean Bossam or just simply in ssam! Oven Rosted Korean Pork Belly that’s brined! Did you know that the traditional Korean kitchen doesn’t have an
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Korean Watermelon Punch (Subak Hwachae 수박화채)

JinJoo — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 00:19:36 +0000

Korean watermelon punch aka Subak Hwachae is a wonderful way to cool down in the summer! Choose one of my 3 variations to serve as dessert or summer drinks with your Korean meal. Korean Watermelon Punch or Subak Hwachae 수박화채 is a very simple yet refreshing way to enjoy watermelon but with a little extra
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Ssuk Beomul (Korean Mugwort Rice Cake)

JinJoo — Mon, 23 May 2022 21:33:07 +0000

Ssuk Beomul or Ssuk Beomuri is a steamed Korean mugwort rice cake simply made with Ssuk (mugwort) and rice cake flour. A springtime favorite, this Ssuk Beomul is full of herbaceous flavor that’s lightly sweet – perfect for breakfast or a snack. What is Ssuk Beomul 쑥버물? Ssuk Beomul is a simple steamed Korean Tteok
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Korean Green Plum Extract or Syrup (매실청 Maesil Cheong)

JinJoo — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 05:45:00 +0000

Korean Plum Extract – 매실 엑기스(Maesil Aekgiss) or 매실청 (Maseil Chung) or Green Plum Syrup – has only appeared in Korean cooking in recent years while Korean green plums (매실 Maesil, also: Chinese plum or Japanese ume) have been around for a long time. Records of its medicinal purposes go far back as 200 AD.
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Matcha Green Tea and Omija Cookies (Dasik)

JinJoo — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 05:08:00 +0000

Matcha Green Tea and Omija Cookies are wonderfully healthy no bake Korean cookies that are also so elegant, beautiful and traditional. Called Nokcha Dasik and Omija Dasik in Korean, these are small cookies made with fine matcha powder and omija tea that’s sweetened with honey. Korean nobility enjoyed these sweets as snacks during their tea
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Korean Tea Cookies (Dasik) for Lunar New Year

JinJoo — Sat, 29 Jan 2022 05:54:27 +0000

[caption id="attachment_8317" align="aligncenter" width="1024"] Dasik-Korean Tea Cookies for Lunar New Year (White Sesame, Black Sesame, Green Tea, Sesame)[/caption]

Korean tea cookies or Dasik (다식 茶食) date all the way back to the 17th century and this is a very traditional sweet prepared for Lunar New Year in Korea. During the Shilla and Goryeo Dynasty, these Korean cookies were served with tea to people of nobility and royalty. These delicate and elegant tea cookies simply melt in your mouth while bringing you the pure flavors of sesame seeds, rice and pollen. Joseon Dynasty records show that when a royal banquet was held, Korean desserts such as Dasik, Yakwa and Gangjeong were all "piled high" (고인다 Goinda) on tables creating an impressive and imposing table. Records show that these towers were as high as 55 centimeters (21+ inches). If you have ever attended a traditional Korean wedding or a 1st birthday (첫돌 Cheotdol) party, then you may still be able to see a table with towers of Korean sweets (although usually now made from fake plastic) stacked ridiculously HIGH!!

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Injeolmi (Korean Sweet Rice Cake) in 10 minutes

JinJoo — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 20:24:16 +0000

Injeolmi is a popular Korean rice cake that's perfectly soft, chewy and just slightly sweet. And nutty too with the soybean powder coating. You may have thought that this can only be made by professional tteok makers but with my recipe, you can make it easily at home (with no special equipment) in less than 10 minutes!

What is Injeolmi?

Injeolmi 인절미 is a type of Korean rice cake made with glutinous rice. Traditionally, sweet sticky rice is steamed, then pounded until it becomes a nice blob 😝 with a chewy texture which we call Tteok 떡. This method of making tteok normally takes hours when you include hours of soaking the sweet rice, then steaming and then pounding.

The tteok is then cut into smaller pieces and often coated with either roasted soybean powder 볶은 콩가루 Bokkeun Kongaru, ground black sesame seeds or cooked (unsweetened) Azuki red beans (팥 paat). This rice cake is also eaten without any coating but just by itself, dipped in honey or sugar.

Note, there are 2 different categories of Korean Tteok based on what kind of rice is used. Chapssal Tteok (찹쌀떡) are rice cakes that are made using glutinous/sweet/sticky rice, this includes tteok like Hwajeon 화전, Bukkumi 부꾸미, Kyeongdan 경단, and of course Injeolmi. Maepssal Tteok (멥쌀떡) are made using regular short-grain rice and some common ones are Songpyeon 송편, Sirutteok 시루떡, Hobaktteok 호박떡, Danja 단자, Sultteok 술떡 and more.

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