Comments on: Introduction to Korean ingredients

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:32:43 +0000

Dakjuk is a good choice! You don’t need any particular Korean ingredients to make it. http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/dakjuk

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Tue, 21 May 2013 12:31:24 +0000

Hi Mary, I’m very happy to hear that this section helps you. It sounds like you love cooking and delicious and healthy food. Good luck with your Korean cooking! : )

By: mykitchenmore

mykitchenmore — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:12:50 +0000

Drove by a ‘specialty grocier’, to me anyways, and then spent an hour and ahalf in awe! So happy, love food, but know very little of Korean cooking.
Would appreciate some help for a beginner and I have caucasian taste buds and want to explore!
Have cooked many ethnic things over the years but have not gotten to the Asian ‘daily meals’. Only things offered in restaurants. Not many around me.
Hope I don’t sound like a fool, because I REALLY want to go get those beautiful ingredients and cook away! Thx, Mary

By: KyungMiHelloBaby

KyungMiHelloBaby — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 02:40:47 +0000

I have a Korean food shop near my school where I buy my ingredients. They come shipped all the way from South Korea.

P.S. I loove this website! It’s so reliable and informative. I’m going to the Dakjuk. It looks delicious. ^_^

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Sun, 27 Jan 2013 15:39:40 +0000

I posted how to roast sesame seeds here. http://www.maangchi.com/ingredients/sesame-seeds

1.Wash 1 cup of sesame seeds in a colander with running water. Drain.
2.Heat a pan or wok over medium to low heat and pour the washed sesame seeds into it.
3.Stir with a wooden spoon until evenly golden and crispy. It will pop when it’s cooked. It may take about 10 minutes.

You can keep it in the fridge up to about 2 months.
I usually put about 1/2 cup of roasted sesame seeds in a jar or container and keep them in my spice drawer, and I keep the leftover sesame seeds in the freezer. When my sesame seeds container is empty, I fill it with the sesame seeds from the freezer.

By: snigdha

snigdha — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 08:59:16 +0000

Dear maangchi,

Can we roast white sesame seeds at home and store it and keep it in fridge? Or roasting has to be done immediately before preparing food?if yes,how long will roasted sesame seeds will last in fridge?

thanks
snigdha

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 10:25:32 +0000

Thank you! : )

By: DubDiva

DubDiva — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 02:21:22 +0000

Hello Maangchi!

Thank you so much for these handy little guides. Now I’ll know exactly what I need to buy.

Your recipes are a real blessing for those of us who can’t eat wheat gluten. So many of your recipes are gluten free, yet they have so much wonderful flavor. :D