Archive for November, 2009

What Is Doenjang? Korean SoyBean Paste

One day I was talking to my husband about how original my mom was in cooking. Unlike me who buys all basic Korean ingredients from grocery markets, my mom makes everything from scratch, including Korean bean paste, doenjang.
* Doenjang is a Korean fermented soy bean paste. Doeda means ‘to be thick’ and jang means paste [......]

Posted in Korean Ingredients on Sunday, November 29th, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Simmered Tofu, Tofu Jorim, Dubu Jorim, Dubu Ganjang Jorim

Tofu, soy bean curd, dubu in Korean, is a great source of protein. It’s also cholesterol free, low in saturated fat, and rich in minerals and vitamins such as iron, calcium, manganese, etc. With all these great nutrients, tofu has low calories compared with other protein food, and helps lower LDL (bad cholesterol) levels. It’s [......]

Posted in Korean Food on Thursday, November 12th, 2009 | 4 Comments »