When it rains, jeon and makkoli

It was raining, raining, raining today…

When it rains, the Koreans make jeon as the noise of cooking them is similar to the sound of rain drops falling. And they drink makkoli, because… Well, I guess they must be thirsty.

I’ve got makkoli from the convenience store. It’s written in Japanese but that’s the real thing. It’s a drink made of fermented wine, close to Japanese amazake (sweet sake). But the Japanese one is for kids, while the makkoli has 6% alcohol, like a wine. I have to be careful because that’s so sweet that I’d drink that like milk, well even more easily than milk. But then, I don’t make a merry tispy fellow, just a person suddenly feeling sick. So, let’s be reasonable.

Chijimi and jeon are both names of Korean pancakes, well in Osaka, it’s all chijimi and you’ve seen some before here.
That’s the fashion to make green nira chijimi. I’ve seen restaurants had them. That’s a good idea,

nira

I have added a whole bunch of nira (garlic chives) into the blender with flour, a piece of potato and potato starch. That’s not so solid as usual, but if you flip them carefully, no problem. The taste is very green. I’ve used the color of onion and yellow bell pepper to contrast.

Add a sauce (soy sauce, black rice vinegar, water, onion, chili), the drink…and enjoy the rain !

For more : Korean Compil’

My exps in plant based milks and yogurts

Here is a post to make the point about my adventure in the plant-based milk and yogurt world…
That doesn’t go much out of the beaten paths, but for me there were novelties. Also these food are very different so I made my tasting files for each.
If you want wider information about dairy-free cooking, there is a compilation post about it (here).

MILKS :

Soy milk (tutorial)

+Tastes good cold or hot.
++Useful to make tofu, yuba, yogurt, etc.
++ Very cheap ingredients.
-A bit long and complicated to make.

Almond milk (tutorial)

+ Tastes great cold.
+ Useful to make blanc-manger.
- Raw almond are very expensive here.
++ The most convenient and quickest to make.

Sweet corn milk (recipe)
+ Tastes fresh and original cold.
+ Quick and easy to make.
- Seasonal ingredient, no so cheap (I think frozen corn is pre-cooked, I didn’t try)

Sesame milk (tutorial)
+ Tastes great warmed.
+ Convenient and easy to make.
+ Cheap ingredient.

Recipes :
kurogoma tonyu (black sesame paste in soy milk)
hot sesame milk

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Coconut milk yogurt
+ Very tasty
+ Super easy to make
- or + It stays liquid
- A little fat (has to be drunk in small amounts)

Soy milk yogurt (thick type recipe)
+ Tasty
+ Great texture
+ Cheap ingredient
- Some prep needed to thicken it

Recipes :
coconut milk lassi

Burning strawberry dew

That’s a fierce cocktail that will wake up your spirits and digestive system.

Only 3 ingredients. The red carrot has a sweeter taste than the orange ones.

As you can see that’s between a juice and smoothie. I’ve used the strawberries still frozen. The texture and taste were perfect.

Fresh e-dill, green coolness

Let’s be reasonable during 5 minutes. Here is today’s green juice. It feels FREEEEESSSHHH ! I’ve had it for 3 days in a row, so I have to introduce you to my green idyll…

Cucumbers are very juice. The outer leaves of a romaine salad are very green. And dill is sweet !

The emerald juice.

The dry grounds. I don’t like throwing them away, so you will them in a recipe soon.

Tarte flambée and green juice

Ying and yang. The 2 extremes together : a tarte flambée and a veggie juice. Both are made quickly for a weekday lunch.

The new onions were screaming : “Une flammekueche ! Une flamm’ !An onion tart !”.
The traditional recipe of this Lorraine-Alsace delight requires bread dough :

la flamme tutorial (click here)

It’s a very quickified version : baking powder dough, onions, a little ham and some home-made coconut yogurt. Lots of black pepper. Baked in the oven-toaster.

The juice : lots of fresh komatsuna leaves and a little yuzu juice.
小松菜 komatsuna, litterally means “little pine tree greens”, but they are sorts of turnip leaves. The juice is slightly bitter but not too much to drink it.