Aka Aurora's Tales

[ TOUCH KOREA EVENT ]

Hallyu wave is really spreading to all over the world. Not only for K-pop and K-drama, but also the culture, foods, fashion, until in trading. Who don't know about Korea now ? Many Korean companies, restaurants, cultural centers are spreading in almost every country in this world, include of Indonesia.

Now also, Korean food is becoming a trend for culinary lovers in Indonesia. We can find many restaurants or food stalls at the mall which serve Korean foods. But you know what, mostly Indonesian just knows about bulgogi, bibimbab, kimbab, and tteokbokki. Yeah I know because not many Korean restaurant serve many kind of Korean foods. Korean food is not only Bulgogi and the others that I mentioned above. If you have a chance to visit Korea, why don't you try to try those 3 delicious Korean foods ? Or if you want, you can try to make this at home.

Let's sort what Korean foods that I choose !


1. Sinseollo ( 신설러 / 열구자탕 )

Have you ever watched ' Boys Over Flower ' or 꽃보다 남자 , a Korean drama which was so popular in 2009 ? One of the scene there appeared Mr. Lee Jung Gil , who became Yoon Seok Young ( Yoon Ji Hoo's grandfather ) ate Sinseollo.

Sinseollo is actually a Korean royal court cuisine. Usually it is served for the King / President or for the royal family in Korea. Sinseollo is such a casserole which contain various of meats, vegetables, mushrooms and broth soup. Then it's served in a large silver vessel with the hole in the middle. The hole in the middle is for putting the broth soup. Then the ingredients are placed in around the pot.

You can share this sinseollo with your friends since the portion is so big. By sharing, you can enjoy to eat Sinseollo. You know what, sinseollo / yeolgujathang means to make your mouth happy. Because it's so delicious, so your mouth will be happy if you eat this. And I think not only your mouth which will be happy, but also your heart and body will be so happy.

Many restaurants in Seoul served Sinseollo now. So you can try to eat it if you go to Seoul. In Indonesia, I think there's no Korean restaurant serving it yet now. But later on, maybe they will serve it and let us try this royal cuisine. Because it's a royal cuisine, so it's rather pricey. The average price is about 35,000 - 70.000 Korean Won or it can be more than that, depend on the restaurant and the location of the restaurant.

Or if you want to try to make it, you can try this recipe :

AMT after cook	AMT per 1	Temp.	Heat time	Cook time	Cooker
2㎏(4 portions)	500g	65~80℃	1 Hour 15 min	3 Hour	18㎝ Sinsun Pot

Time	Process	Hear Control
Preparation	Preparing beef. Shaping dumplings. Preparing frying stuffs, Preparing garnish
0 min	Simmering broth	H-heat 9 min. M-heat 40 min.
40 min	Seasoning beef and radish. Seasoning broth Pan-frying dumplings	M-heat 2 min. M-heat 16 min
60 min	Pan-frying stuffs. Scalding carrot Placing in the Sinseollo pot and boiling	H-heat 2 min. and 20 sec. H-heat 3 min.

Feel bored with Indonesian chicken porridge ? So let's try Dalkjuk now ! Dalkjuk is a Korean chicken porridge but seems it's like samgyetang. Actually I just thought about that because the whole chicken is boiled like samgyetang, but the difference is no ginseng on it. For neutralizing your tongue from spicy Korean food, Dalkjuk is the best choice for you. Because it's not spicy ( but yeah, still if you want it to be spicy, you can spread chili powder then ), hot, delicious, and easily to digest. It's also healthy because it contains a lot of nutrition which is good for your body, such as carbohydrate from the rice, protein from the chicken and the chicken broth, also vitamin and mineral from the vegetables that you put into. It's also suitable to eat it when the weather is cold, like winter in Korea. But you can eat it when the weather is hot to return your energy back.

The basic recipe of dalkjuk is so easy. But you can improve it by yourself. Usually I add more vegetables on it because I love vegetables and make the dalkjuk appearance become nicer. Ok, you can try to make dalkjuk from this basic recipe below :


1. Wash and soak the rice in water for 2 - 3 hours ( usually they use sushi rice, but you can change it into the regular rice )


2. Drain it by a colander


3. Wash the whole chicken then boil it with chopped garlic and chopped spring onion. Don't forget to spread a little bit salt and pepper.


4. After it is boiled well, take the chicken and move it into another bowl. 


5. Put the drained rice into the boiled chicken broth. Boil them until the rice become a porridge.


6. While waiting your porridge, take the chicken meat off from the bones and shred it into small pieces.


7. Chop spring onions and big red chili as garnishes.


8. After the porridge is well-done cooked, place the porridge into the bowl and don't forget the soup from the chicken broth.


9. Garnish it with chopped spring onions and chopped big red chili


10. DONE !

How is that ?? Easy right ??? You can make it by yourself at home and you can add your favorite ingredients into your dalkjuk :D

But if you go to Korea, of course you can find lots of restaurant which sell dalkjuk, especially in winter. Since I never taste dalkjuk in Korea, so I don't know about its price. But I think it's not too expensive. So from now just try to make it at home and I guarantee you that Dalkjuk is one of the Must-Try Korean Food ! ^^



3. Jajangmyeon ( 자장면 )




Jajangmyeon is wheat noodles which is spread with salty black soybean paste. This black soybean paste is usually called as chunjang ( 준장 ) . Usually we can add sliced meat, vegetables or seafood. It's kinda spaghetti, but with more Asian taste.

In 2006, Jajangmyeon was included into the Top 100 Korean Cultural Symbols and in 2009, Jajangmyeon was chosen as The Best Selling Item in All Chinese Restaurant in Korea and also The Most Ordered Food By Delivery in Korea.

You can find many kinds of Jajangmyeon, such as  ganjajangmyeon (간자장면), which is jajangmyeon served with the jajang sauce without the starch, with the sauce and noodles being served separately in different bowls, and samseon jajangmyeon (삼선자장면; 三鮮炸醬麵), jajangmyeon with seafood filling, such as Squid, shrimp, sea cucumber, etc. Samseon ganjajangmyeon (삼선간자장면; 三鮮간炸醬麵) consists of noodles served with sauce, which contains seafood on the side. You can also taste Jajangbap is essentially the same dish as jajangmyeon, but made with rice instead of noodles.