Deulkkae Miyeokguk

About the dish

A savory seaweed soup with added nuttiness. Stirring perilla powder into seaweed soup makes the broth nuttier and richer. A postpartum recovery food and feast soup, it is a savory local dish where perilla's nuttiness meets seaweed's softness.

Key ingredient

Seaweed (miyeok) — supplies calcium to new mothers and helps contract the uterus and stop bleeding; its soluble alginate supports balanced blood sugar and protects the gut; alginate also flushes accumulated waste. In season March; mainly from Wando.

Ingredients

Main: dried seaweed, perilla powder, glutinous rice flour, sesame oil, scallion · Seasoning: minced garlic, soup soy sauce, salt

Simple recipe

1. Stir-fry soaked seaweed in perilla oil.
2. Add water and boil.
3. Stir in perilla powder to adjust the texture.
4. Season with soup soy sauce.
5. Simmer savory and serve.

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