Cooking experiense. 돈까스

Whwn I was in Korea I liked two dishes themost - 돈까스 (pork cutlet) and tteokpokki.
Having come back to my hometown I wanted to make it to treat my family. Cuz the taste is mmm yummi~

Actually 돈까스 is the same as very popular Russian dish but the main is sause. It is tonkasy (donkatsu) sause that makes this dish sodelisious !! So do not ignore this ingridient.

To make this you need pork, flour, eggs and bread and donkatsu sause.
It's really easy to make it~

돈까스 a la Russie ~   ;) 

Hanji gift box

Do you know what is hanji?)
It is traditional Korean paper that can be used for crafts.

There 24 sheets of colour paper with size 15X15 cm

let's try to make a gift box.

1. Choose 8 sheets of hanji

2. Follow the instruction. I should say it's not so easy to make the box, so be accurate and patient!!~~~

 

Make 4 corners. 

Now it's time for the most difficult part. Next step is to assemble this 4 parts.

Congratulations~~ You made a lid. Now let's turn to a box.

It was a final step~

I did my best and this is what I get:  )))

It was my first attempt to make a box)) Actually, I'm beginner in this craft and I should make dozens of box to do a good one)) 

But just imagine how is it exciting to receive a present in hand-made box !!! 

How to make Songpyeon

A recipe of traditional Chuseok food - Songpyeon:

Songpyeon Ingredients :

Non-glutinous rice, 5 cups (making 10 cups of powder)
Salt (15ml)
Artemisia or mugwort (50g), Salt (1 ml)
Gardenia seeds & omija juice, as needed

Filling
Chestnuts 10 (200g)
Sugar (30ml)
Young soybeans (100g)
Salt (1ml)
Sesame (100g)
Honey (45ml)
Mung beans 1 cup
Honey (75ml), Salt (2.5ml)
Cinnamon powder (15ml)
Pine needles (300g)
Sesame oil, as needed

Songpyeon Making Direction :

1. Wash non-glutinous rice 3 to 4 times and leave it soaking in water for 8 to 12 hours. Remove the soaked rice from water and sprinkle some salt and grind into a fine powder. Place the Artemisia in boiling water with salt, remove and then chop into fine pieces.
2. Take the powder for the rice cake and divide into 4 parts. Leave one part as it is, another part for the Artemisia. As for the other two parts, mix one with water from pine endodermis, and mix the last part with omija juice and knead it to make dough.
3. Peel chestnuts and cut into 3 or 4 pieces, include some sugar and steam lightly. Take the young soybeans, peel and add a bit of salt. Wash the sesame and when dry, roast and then mix with honey. Take the red beans that have been soaked in water, boil and then grind and mix with honey, salt, cinnamon powder to make the filling.
4. Take little pieces of the prepared dough. Press your thumb into the middle of the piece to make a round, flat piece. Place enough filling in the middle, fold and press the ends to make nicely-shaped songpyeon. Next, wash the pine needles and then dry.
5. In an earthenware steamer, place pine needles on the surface of the steamer and songpyeon on top. Stack more pine needles and repeat the process to add as many layers of songpyeon in the steamer as possible. When you see steam evaporating, place the cover on top. Next, take the pine needles out, dip songpyeon in cold water, rinse quickly and apply some sesame oil. Songpyeon that’s not yet been steamed should be covered with a thin damp cloth to prevent the dough from drying or cracking.

 ~~ Tip ~~

 Potatoes, sweet potatoes and acorns, among other ingredients, can be used as the dough. For the filling or stuffing, black beans, mung beans, chestnuts, jujube, sesame or sweet potatoes are used. If you dont plan on eating the steamed songpyeon right away. Rinse it with the pine needles (not in cold water), keep them covered in a basket.

(The article courtesy of SEOUL magazine)

Bowing

Bow is crucial aspect  of Asian culture and etiquette. It's very important to know how to bow in different situation not to be considered rude and impolite.
I would like to share with you two Youtube videos explaining how to bow in a proper way.

 

  

Korean national flag

How to draw a Korean national flag in a proper way