The festive weekend is here and you can’t wait to dig into some drool-worthy foods. Are we right? Festive time means having fun at home with your family members, observing rituals and of course, enjoying mouth-watering delicacies. Well, this time if you have decided to make something special at home and impress your family with your cooking skills, then try this Korean delicacy – bibimbap. Food vlogger and chef Ananya Banerjee has shared the easy recipe of this exotic dish through a YouTube video on her channel. Just make it at home and everyone will love it. The chef has explained that bibimbap is a Korean rice bowl that originated in rural Korea. Local residents will use the leftover foods mixed with rice to make this dish. So, you can also use vegetables and ingredients of your choice. And omit part of the egg for a vegetarian version of the delicacy.
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material:
Shiitake Mushrooms (soaked in hot water) – 6 to 8
Carrot (Julienned) – 1
Cucumber (Julienned) – 1
some chinese pak choy
Garlic (minced) – 2 tbsp
Soy Sauce – tbsp
sugar – tbsp
Sesame oil – 4 tbsp
For the Bibimbap Sauce
Gochujang Paste – 2 tbsp
Vinegar – 1 tbsp
Soy Sauce – tbsp
Sugar (powder) – 2 tbsp
one garlic clove (minced)
How to make Bibimbap?
1) First of all, take some oil and heat some garlic in it. Add little sugar and fry pak choy in it. Don’t cook it. Just fry it lightly and keep aside.
2) In the same pan add some sesame oil and then some garlic. Now add carrots and fry it lightly. Keep it aside. Remember you don’t have to overcook anything.
3) Now in the same pan fry the mushrooms with little oil, chopped garlic and soy sauce.
4) It’s plating time. The chef has said that plating is an important part of this recipe. The overall dish looks so beautiful in the end. He also explained the meaning of Bibimbap. Ananya said that Bibim means “everything mixed together” and Baap refers to “rice”.
5) For plating, first spread a good amount of rice evenly in a plate. Then, place some cucumber as shown in the video and then add sautéed carrots, pak choy and mushrooms.
6) After placing the ingredients, drizzle the dish with the special sauce (which you need to prepare by mixing gochujang, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar and garlic). The chef also said that the crowning glory of the dish would be the fried egg.
7) At the end, turn the fried egg upside down. Just sprinkle some salt on it and keep it neatly on the plate you have decorated. Drizzle the dish with some black and white sesame seeds for the final touch.
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So, what are your thoughts on Bibimbap? Isn’t this an interesting dish?