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Pyongyang onban

Date: 27/06/2017 | Source: Pyongyang Times | Read original version at source

[2017-06-26]









Rice in meat soup is one of the four specialties in Pyongyang.
A bowl of rice is immersed in somewhat salty chicken soup, strewn with pieces of chicken, mushroom and mung-bean pancake. This tastes delicious and is called “”.
The indigenous food was originated from the locals’ distinctive eating manner.
Korean forebears liked to eat rice put into a soup flavoured with soy sauce. It was an eating habit that came from their long-time fight against foreign invaders. They had to dine in a short time with simple preparations so as to get ready for fight at any time.
The chicken soup with rice in it is regarded as supplementing nutrition and retarding aging.
The health food rich in essential amino acids has widely been available for hundreds of years across the Korean peninsula, especially in those places centring on Pyongyang like Phyongan, Hwanghae, Kangwon and Kyonggi provinces. The traditional cuisine still preserves its original method, which follows:
First of all, rice is cooked and fresh chicken is boiled in cold water. When done, chicken is torn into thick pieces which are mixed with spices. The soup is coloured with soy sauce and sprinkled with salt.
Mung beans are roughly crushed and put into water for some time to be swollen. With husks removed, the beans are ground and mixed with wheat flour into paste to make pancake. Mushroom is torn apart and scalded in hot water. The pieces are fried in oil as part of the garnish.
Fried egg is sliced thinly for garnish, and seasonings are prepared with pepper, soy sauce, spring onion, garlic, sesame and all.
Finally, hot rice is put on a bowl, garnished with a piece of mung-bean pancake and slices of chicken, mushroom and fried egg, before the boiling soup is poured into it.
There are many local restaurants which serve the traditional food. The famous eateries are Pyongyang’s Kyonnim Onban House and Puksae Restaurant.
The rice in hot soup is on the national list of intangible cultural heritage.
 
By Han Ryo Gyong PT

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