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Cheong (Korean: 청; Hanja: 淸) is a name for various sweetened foods in the form of syrups, marmalades, and fruit preserves. In Korean cuisine, cheong is used as a tea base, as a honey-or-sugar-substitute in cooking, as a condiment, and also as an alternative medicine to treat the common cold and other minor illnesses. [1] [2] [3]
During the fermentation process, the rice starch becomes saccharified; the yeast fungi feed on the sugars created by saccharification and produce alcohol. The fermented wine is then filtered with yongsu (a wine strainer), which is dipped into the liquid. [7] The clear wine inside the yongsu is ladled out to make cheongju. [8]
Nuruk (fermentation starter). Nuruk (Korean: 누룩) is a traditional Korean fermentation starter. [1] [2] [3] [4] It is used to make various types of Korean ...
Jjinppang (찐빵; lit. "steamed bread") is a steamed bun, typically filled with red bean paste with bits of broken beans and bean husk. [2] [3] Traditional jjinppang is made of sourdough fermented using the yeast in makgeolli (rice wine), but younger varieties such as hoppang are often made without fermentation. [1]
In Korean traditional meals, the menu has concentrated on vegetables and rice, but doenjang, which is made of soybeans, has a great deal of lysine, an essential amino acid that rice lacks. Linoleic acid (53% of the fatty acids) and linolenic acid (8% of the fatty acids) have an important role in normal growth of blood vessels and prevention of ...
Yeast is a microorganism and does have a definite life span. For best results, always make sure to use yeast before the “best by” date. To make sure it is ready to go, always proof yeast ...
Makgeolli (Korean: 막걸리; lit. raw rice wine; [mak.k͈ʌɭɭi]), sometimes anglicized to makkoli (/ ˈ m æ k ə l i /, [1] MAK-ə-lee), is a Korean alcoholic drink.It is a milky, off-white, and lightly sparkling rice wine that has a slight viscosity, and tastes slightly sweet, tangy, bitter, and astringent.
Omegi-tteok (Korean: 오메기떡) is a type of tteok (Korean rice cakes) particular to the region of the Jeju Island, the largest island of the Korean Peninsula.Its traditional form is actually a by-product of the process of making omegi sul (sul is a Korean word for alcoholic beverages).