{"id":19405,"date":"2020-08-14T23:51:37","date_gmt":"2020-08-15T06:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/?p=19405"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:53:27","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T16:53:27","slug":"how-to-dry-radish-for-mumallaengi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kimchimari.com\/how-to-dry-radish-for-mumallaengi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to dry Radish for Mumallaengi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Drying radish to make Mumallaengi and drying other vegetables and making delicious dishes with them is what Koreans love to do. It’s a great way to store excess vegetables for later, to add fiber and nutrients to your diet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fresh-Radish-Drying-for-Mumallaengi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

What is Mumallaengi (Dried Radish Strips)?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mumallaengi (Dried Radish Strips)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Mumalleangi \ubb34\ub9d0\ub7ad\uc774 means ‘dried radish’ in Korean. Mu <\/em>\ubb34 means radish and Mallaengi \ub9d0\ub7ad\uc774 comes from the verb malida <\/em>\ub9d0\ub9ac\ub2e4 which means to dry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These days, Koreans will mostly just buy Mumalleangi in packages instead of drying them – to make Mumalleangi Muchim (salad) with it. But when I was a kid, my mom will take excess or leftover radishes after making Kimjang<\/a> and cut into thick sticks then dried them in the sun. To be enjoyed all year long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Health benefits of Radish and ITS Greens<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

There’s a phrase that many Korean moms used to say when I was growing up – “Gaeul Mu \uac00\uc744\ubb34 (radish in the fall) \ub294 \uc778\uc0bc\ubcf4\ub2e4 \uc88b\ub2e4 (is better than Ginseng)”. So you can guess that radish in the fall is especially good for your health. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Digestive enzymes<\/strong> – various digestive enzymes (diastase, amylase, and esterase) that help us digest carbs, fats and proteins are in radish. This is probably why Koreans like to pair grilled meats or meat broth with radish Kimchi like Kkakdugi<\/a>. Growing up, I remember seeing many Korean adults drink the juice of water kimchi <\/a>whenever they had indigestion and now I know why. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s also been a recent research study regarding Effects of White Radish (Raphanus sativus) Enzyme Extract on Hepatotoxicity<\/a><\/em> which concludes that the radish enzyme extract helps to improve liver disorders and can also have “a protective effect on tacrine-induced hepatotoxicity”.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My father-in-law and radish<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A quick anecdotal story of radish and radish greens being good for your liver… here’s the story of my father-in-law. I think I heard this story from my mother-in-law probably about 8 times or more? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anyway, my father-in-law was in a terrible car accident when my husband was a freshman in college. My mother-in-law believes to this day that he probably would not have been able to have surgery were it not for some radish green juice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After the accident, doctors told my MIL that they could not operate on his legs because his liver toxicity level was too high. That the numbers needed to come down to normal levels in order for them to operate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And nothing they were doing was helping.. so my mother-in-law consulted her herbal\/oriental doctor (\ud55c\uc758\uc0ac). She was told to make juice from radish greens and give to him and then that his liver would return back to normal. And believe it or not – after just a couple days of ingesting the juice, his liver was well again and they could operate on him!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who knows, it could have been that it was just time.. but I was just reminded of that story as I read the paper on how radish helps with liver disorders. Note, this is just anecdotal evidence, please always consult your doctor before trying anything.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TIP FROM JINJOO!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Chef\u2019s Tips for Drying Mumallaengi<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n