Korean Rice Cakes Soup with Leeks & Mandu

March 2, 2012
Korean Rice Cakes Soup with Leeks and Mandu

I found out I like disc-shaped tteok (떡 Korean rice cakes) better than the cylinder-shaped one after tying a packet of this flat pancake like tteok. I created this recipe simply because I have a packet of tteok and leek at hand. This dish utilizes some ‘lazy technique’ with the help of anchovies granule and [...]

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Mandu Doenjang Guk – Korean Fermented Soybean Paste Soup With Dumplings

October 12, 2011
Mandu Doenjang Guk

Have you seen Korean dumplings that are shaped like a round hat before? It’s so so cute! I first saw it at Korean marts (frozen food section) and was really curious how they shape it that way. I found the answer few weeks back and will try making ‘em in the coming future but for [...]

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Seaweed & King Oyster Mushroom In Fermented Beancurd Soup

March 2, 2011
Seaweed & King Oyster Mushroom In Fermented Beancurd Soup

This is a super easy soup that was invented by yours truly. I was hooked with fermented beancurd (thanks to my dad), Korean dramas and healthy eating. So I took all these and made them into a soup recipe. :P You may like it or err… maybe not. Why don’t you try it and tell [...]

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Potato & Leek Soup

January 12, 2011
Potato & Leek Soup

When I saw some beautiful leeks on sale at my local hypermarket, I knew I gotta buy them. I also have an idea what I want to use them for: SOUP! Been meaning to make leek soup for the longest time. A short search brings me to David Lebovitz’s Potato & Leek Soup recipe which [...]

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Chinese Spinach Soup With Wolfberries And Garlic

November 10, 2010
Chinese Spinach Soup With Wolfberries & Garlic

Recently, I bought a bunch of Chinese spinach at the weekend night market (pasar malam). It cost only RM1 (~USD0.33). Cheap eh? Fast forward few days later, I found some of the spinach leaves to be wilting. Oh gosh I know I need to use it right away. Chinese spinach soup or seong tong yuen [...]

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