Korean Ingredient Glossary

Napa cabbage is a variety of Chinese cabbage native to the Beijing region. Famously, this vegetable has a long barrel shape with a mildly sweet flavor. In South Korea, people …

Rice syrup, known as ‘ssal-jocheong’ (쌀조청) or ‘ssal-oligotang’ (쌀올리고당), is used in Korean cuisine as a natural sweetener. It is also used to add a shiny glaze to various sweet …

Across East Asia, people widely use dried kelp ingredient in traditional cooking. In South Korea, people refer to this ingredient as ‘dashima’ (다시마). In this article, I will discuss dried kelp’s …

For thousands of years, people in South Korea have used a unique ingredient, known as red adzuki beans, to make savory rice and porridge dishes as well as sweet fillings …

Glutinous rice flour, known as ‘chapssal-garu’ (찹쌀가루) in Korean, is a flour made from glutinous rice. Glutinous rice, also known as sticky rice or sweet rice, is a variety of …