Aeri's Kitchen

MaeUn OJingEo BokkEum (매운 오징어 볶음) is a spicy fried squid dish. This can be used as both a side dish or as a main dish. As a main dish, you put it on top of your rice, or thin boiled noodles. Then mix the fried squid with rice or noodles and eat. Sometimes you can eat it with boiled bean sprouts (KongNaMul) instead of noodles. If you really like spicy food, this recipe might not be that spicy for you, so add more red pepper paste and red pepper powder.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• MaeWun (매운) = Spicy
• Dan (단) = Sweet

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GyeongDan is a traditional Korean dessert. This type of GyeongDan is a modernized sticky rice cake. Traditionally, you would cover the sticky rice cakes with mung bean crumbs, black sesame seeds, soybean powder, or something similar. However, this modern style sticky rice cake uses cake crumbs with honey and walnuts. If you don’t like soybean powder or black sesame seeds much, like me, you will like this one. Since the honey and cake crumbs are sweet, you may not need sugar in the batter, but If you like sweet food, you can add 2 Tbsp of sugar in the batter.

Yield: 1 Dozen Cakes

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• ChinJeol (친절) = Kindness
• BongSah (봉사) = Service

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This is a healthy Korean side dish made with mung bean sprouts. It is similar with the bean sprout side dish (Kong NaMul); however, mung bean sprouts are more perishable than other vegetables, so it is best to eat this dish right after you make it. You can keep it in the refrigerator for a day or two. Since it will get a lot of water after you make this dish, it is important to add salt and set it aside for sometime, and squeeze the water out later.

Yield: 1 Pint

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• InSa (인사) = Greeting
• GamSa (감사) = Thanks

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JapChae is a traditional Korean holiday food. You need special Cellophane Noodles called “Dang Myun” in Korean. The way to cook this food is a little complex but the delicious taste will reward your time and effort for cooking. If you are a vegetarian, you can skip the beef.

Yield: 4 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• NahmJah (남자) = Male
• YeoJah (여자) = Female

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Today, I will make bibimbap. To be honest, I feel like bibimbap is a difficult Korean food to make since it needs a lot of ingredients. However because it is so delicious, it will have you comming back for more again. Plus, it is very healthy. Bibim means ‘mixing’ and Bap means ‘rice’ in Korean. So, you mix rice, various fried vegetables, raw vegetables, meat, egg, dried seaweed, and a special sauce. If you are a vegetarian, you can substitute the beef with mushrooms you like.

Yield: 2 Servings

Short Korean Lesson: *^^*

• SootGahRahk (숫가락) = Spoon
• JutGahRahk (젓가락) = Chopsticks

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