Korea

Hobak Juk

Name: Hobak Juk
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Korea
Ingredients: 800 g Ripe pumpkin (kabocha); 60 g Glutinous rice flour; 2 tbsp Sugar or honey; 1 pinch Salt; 1 handful Glutinous rice balls (saealsim); 800 ml Water

Korean pumpkin porridge

Hobak juk is a gentle Korean porridge of ripe pumpkin, mildly sweetened and thickened smooth with glutinous rice.

As an easily digestible dish it is often served to the recovering and the elderly; small glutinous rice balls (saealsim) add playful bite.

Servings4

Time45 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Ripe pumpkin (kabocha)800 g
Glutinous rice flour60 g
Sugar or honey2 tbsp
Salt1 pinch
Glutinous rice balls (saealsim)1 handful
Water800 ml

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Peel the pumpkin, cook soft and purée fine.
Warm the purée with water.
Mix glutinous rice flour with a little water and stir in until it thickens.
Season with sugar and a pinch of salt.
Simmer the rice balls in until they float; serve warm.

Make it original

Glutinous rice flour for hobak juk is in the Asia Boutique.

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