Food in North Korea
The Korean ancestors developed a unique culinary art Since the year -2000 they started to cultivate the soya, sorgo, and other cereals. They developed the 'tok' (bread) and a lot of different traditional spices like the 'yumi' and 'dubu'. The basic food in the Korean cuisine are the 'bap' (cooked cereals), kuksu (noodles with soup), 'juk' (porridge), 'jijim' (fried omelette), etc. Tok is one of the most famous preferred plates and it has more than 50 varieties depending of the elaboration process and materials. It's made from cereals or flour, and can be cooked by using water, steam and pressing. The most representative is the 'chaltok': first the glutinous rice is steam cooked , it's pressed until will be like an homogeneous mass, and it's wrapped up with 'komul'(puree) made from soya, sesame, honey, green beans, etc.
The soups are prepared specially for breakfast and dinner and generally it's served hot except in summer where you'll also find cold one. The ingredients for the soups are vegetables, meat, fish and wild herbs. 'Sinsonro' is one of the most famous Korean plates and it's made with more than 20 different materials like chicken, bamboo, pine's mushroom, pumpkin, ginkgo almond, chestnut, fern, etc. 'Kimchi' is another one of the most famous side dishes in the country. It's prepared with different vegetables like the turnip, cabbage, etc together with species like the garlic, pepper or fresh onion. The lactic acid and other organic acids generated during the fermentation process give a very special and tasteful aroma. Also a lot of sweets and desserts are made in Korea, like the Yotkanjong (a mixture of soya, nuts, sesame, peanuts with honey) or the 'jongkua' (cooked ginseng with dry khaki and chestnut).
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The soups are prepared specially for breakfast and dinner and generally it's served hot except in summer where you'll also find cold one. The ingredients for the soups are vegetables, meat, fish and wild herbs. 'Sinsonro' is one of the most famous Korean plates and it's made with more than 20 different materials like chicken, bamboo, pine's mushroom, pumpkin, ginkgo almond, chestnut, fern, etc. 'Kimchi' is another one of the most famous side dishes in the country. It's prepared with different vegetables like the turnip, cabbage, etc together with species like the garlic, pepper or fresh onion. The lactic acid and other organic acids generated during the fermentation process give a very special and tasteful aroma. Also a lot of sweets and desserts are made in Korea, like the Yotkanjong (a mixture of soya, nuts, sesame, peanuts with honey) or the 'jongkua' (cooked ginseng with dry khaki and chestnut).
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