
Korean culture: The soup bowl must be placed on our right hand side.
Ingredients:
2 gm seaweed (wakame)
2 cloves garlic (minced)
6 pieces dried Shitake mushroom
2 cups water.
Seasoning:
Half teaspoon salt, one teaspoon sesame oil, one teaspoon roasted sesame seeds and two teaspoons soy sauce.
Method:
1. Soak seaweed in water for 30 minutes, rinse and cut into bite size.
2. Wash mushrooms.
3. In a pot, put seaweed, mushrooms, garlic and 2 cups of water and bring to a boil.
4. Simmer for one hour.
5. Add seasoning and ready to serve.
Adventure: Add a pinch of pepper and chilli powder (gojugaru) for a stronger taste.
Seaweed soup is highly nutritious. Korean mothers take it during confinement.
And Koreans have seaweed soup for their birthday- By Foong Pek Yee. 2 Jan, 2022