Damyang Daetongbap

About the dish

Daetongbap is rice steamed with nuts inside a length of bamboo, so every grain takes on the plant's subtle perfume. It is a regional specialty steeped in the graceful mood of Damyang, Korea's bamboo country.

Key ingredient

Rice (ssal) — Korea's staple grain and main energy source; easy to digest with B vitamins for a balanced meal. Autumn harvest, mainly from Icheon & Yeoju.

Ingredients

Main: bamboo tube, rice, glutinous rice, chestnuts, jujubes, ginkgo nuts, pine nuts, black beans · Seasoning: salt

Simple recipe

1. Mix the soaked rice and grains with jujubes and ginkgo nuts.
2. Pack the mixture into the bamboo tubes.
3. Cover with hanji paper and steam once the steam is rising.
4. Let the rice rest to finish cooking.
5. Serve in the bamboo tube, fragrance and all.

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