Suwahre Rice Cake @ Eastwood

Have always LOVE to eat hot and spicy food. Went to but some groceries today and got my lunch as well. And my lunch was Ddeokbokki (Korean style rice cake in hot chili paste, gochujang). If you have had chance trying Korean food, you will know how hot their food are! Even myself (who can really take hot) can't stop 'crying' from eating them haha!

I don't know how spicy you can tell from the photo... Anyway... Just have a try (any Korean Restaurant with this dish and then tell me how it tastes ok lol)!

Ddeokbokki - A popular Korean dish of rice cake with vegie and fish cake in hot chili paste. 맛있는 (Delicious)!!!

Here's the restaurant! It's a small shop that fits a small group of people dining in, people normally take away though. They also sell other Korean street food, snacks and all kind of rice cakes. Walk in and have a look if you are nearby ^^

Suwahre Rice Cakes
18 Railway Pde, Eastwood NSW 2122

Koren dessert - 식혜 (Shikhye)

Thanks to Maangchi again before I'm making this korean dessert. Well, this is quite easy to make but is REALLY REALLY time consuming. So be really patient when you're making this dessert o ❤　

Ingredients:
A package of barley malt powder, 2 cups of rice, 2 cups of sugar, 24-30 cups of water, and pine nuts.

Barley Malt Powder

Directions:

Sink 1 packet of barley malted powder (1 pound) in a large basin with 24-30 cups of water. Let it sit for 2 hours until all the dregs sunk to the bottom of the basin.

1. Make rice and set it aside.
   Cook rice without a rice cooker: (good experience, try this)
   • Wash 2 cups of short grain rice. Drain and put in a pot with thick bottom.
   • Pour 1.5 cups of water into the pot. Soak it for an hour and close the lid.
   • Bring the pot to a boil over medium heat for 10 minutes.
   • Open the lid and turn the rice over with a rice scoop or spoon.
   • Simmer it over low heat for another 10 minutes! You will have nice fluffy rice!
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   This is also one of the Korean snack - nooroongji (burnt rice snack).Told you it's good experience!!!

   
   
   
2. When the mixed liquid of barley malt powder and water is completely separated (it takes about 1.5 hours-2 hours), pour the clear liquid from the top into your rice cooker.
   *tip: if you have leftover clear liquid, save it and keep it in the refrigerator. We are going to use it later.
3. Add 1 cup of sugar and the cooked rice into the rice cooker with the liquid.
4. Stir it and set the rice cooker’s function to “warm” for 4- 5 hours. Be sure not to set it “cook.” (Reason: setting it to “warm” is to ferment the rice so that the cornstarch from the rice converts to sugar. If you boil it, the fermenting process will stop).

5. Throw out the sediments sunk on the bottom of the basin.
6. 4 hours later, check to see if the rice is fermented (* When the rice is fermented, a few grains of rice will float to the top of liquid).

7. Strain the rice and rinse it with cold water. Set it aside in a container. Add a little cold water and keep it in the refrigerator.

8. Transfer the liquid from the rice cooker to a large pot, and add the saved leftover liquid from #3 if you have it.
9. Add 1 cup of sugar and bring to a boil.
   
10. Remove the foam floating on the top of the boiling liquid.






11. Cool it down and transfer it to a glass jar or bottle and keep in the refrigerator.
12. To eat, serve it cold in a bowl with a scoop of rice from #8. Drop in a few pine nuts, just before serving it.
    * tip: you can add crushed ice made with sikhye liquid. If you like all your rice grains to float, add 1 tbs of sugar and mix it right before serving it.

Ready to be served ❤

Eat it COLD ^^

Korean dessert - 마탕

Had my first attempt making Korean dessert. Thanks to Maangchi for her recipe and demonstration. Her blog is all about cooking Korean food. Lotsa recipes in her blog and the photos of the food make me hungry!!! Have a look if you are interested =)
Well, I always love to cook, especially making dessert! Read this recipe the other day and looked quite easy... So I decided to try making one! Seriously, this dessert is the easiest I guess! The result of my first attempt ----> PASSED! 
 

Matang (마탕) - Candied Sweet Potato

There's actually black sesame in Maangchi's recipe to sprinkle on top of the Matang for decoration but I have no black sesame... Look a bit plain but they are really yummy! The sweet potato pieces look so shiny~~~

Love it! Will try other recipes when I'm free SOON!