Korean cooking ingredients:

Roasted soy bean powder

13 Comments:

  1. Jasmin
    Posted November 22nd, 2009 at 8:04 pm | # |

    hi, I’m 1/2 korean (mom’s side) and I have an odd question. My mom used to buy this powder that she would turn into a drink. I remember it being white and having to drink it warm. She said it was made from pistachio’s, but i was really young, so I may be remembering wrong. I remember not really liking it, but knew it was suppossed to be good for you. Can you help me? Do you know what this is??

  2. Ken
    Posted October 31st, 2009 at 4:22 am | # |

    Hi,

    I bought some raw soybean powder today at a supermarket…but I don’t really know what to do with it. I’m trying to eat a healthy and high protein diet so I thought I could just add this powder to my meals and soups. Would this work ok or would it be disgusting?

    Thanks

    • Ken
      Posted October 31st, 2009 at 4:24 am | # |

      I have also bought some lentils or barley (i’m not sure exactly what it is) but I think you’re supposed to add it to rice as it’s cooking…does this sound right? Sorry I’m very unknowledgeable about these things.

    • Maangchi New York City My profile page joined 8/08
      Posted October 31st, 2009 at 11:06 am | # |

      Using raw soybean powder is a great idea!
      raw soybean powder could be used in soup or some vegetable side dishes. Have you checked my pork bone soup recipe? : http://www.maangchi.com/recipe/gamjatang

      More soup recipes are coming!

      • Ken
        Posted November 1st, 2009 at 6:42 am | # |

        That’s great, thanks for your help and advice :)

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    Posted August 10th, 2009 at 4:01 am | # |

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    • Maangchi New York City My profile page joined 8/08
      Posted August 10th, 2009 at 6:53 am | # |

      Who is guimi! You? I don’t know what you exactly mean! Are you having difficulty finding some recipes?
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  4. Josh
    Posted September 8th, 2008 at 11:54 pm | # |

    I bought kong garu at Megmart today, but it ended up being the unroasted kind. Yuck! It tastes awful. The package says “nal kong garu. ”

    How do I make sure it’s the roasted kind next time?

    Or should I try roasting the powder myself?

    Thanks :)

    • Maangchi New York City My profile page joined 8/08
      Posted November 1st, 2009 at 6:47 am | # |

      Josh,
      oh, no! You must’ve felt frustrated! “nal” in Korean means “raw”. You will have to buy “bokkeun konggaru”(볶은 콩가루)”bokkeun” means roasted in korean. I would return it to the store and bring right one instead of roasting it at home. Why don’t you print out the photo of konggaru on my ingredient section and show them to find it for you?

  5. Anonymous
    Posted July 28th, 2008 at 11:14 pm | # |

    Hi maangchi,
    i’m korean too so i know alot of the ingredients that you use. i wanted to try making your gyun dan ( the rice cake) and i’d like to know what the korean name for this ingredient is (the roasted soy bean powder) thank you! you’re a wonderful cook!


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