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Is Korean rice healthy ? • Rice means more than its purpose as a staple food in Korean Cuisine. It is a symbol of life and representation of prosperity. • Premium Korean rice is a healthy and tasty mixed grainricewhich can include grains like sorghum, millet, red beans, black beans and chickpeas. • Korean Rice decodes into Bap. The word “Bap” means more than just cooked rice. It is an emotion-filled word that recollects one’s childhood and life in general. Bap also has a meaning of a “meal” and it often becomes a tool for socializing.
You are here: Home > Archives > Recipes > Korean Recipes > All About Korean Rice All About Korean Rice September 19, 2014 by Holly Ford18 Comments How many types of Korean rice are there ? • Short Grain Brown Rice (현미, hyunmi): Unlike white rice, brown rice has the bran and germ still attached. Some brown rice even still has its husk. It takes longer to cook and longer to digest, and it takes some time to get used to the taste. Many Koreans combine white rice and brown rice together to bring better texture and taste. • Short Grain White Rice (백미, bakmi): Short grain white rice wins the best taste award but has the worst nutritional value. It is completely milled, which means its husk, bran and germ is removed during the milling process leaving just the starch. Despite the excessive milling process, white rice still contains some B-vitamins.
Short Grain Sweet Rice or Glutinous Short Grain Rice (찹쌀, chapssal): Short grain sweet rice is the “stickiest” variety of rice consumed in Korea. It is widely used in making rice cakes and dessert. The glycaemic index of this rice is very high. If you have high blood sugar, you should not consume too much of this rice. • Blac rice (흑미, heukmi): Originally harvested in ancient China, black rice has a nick name of “forbidden rice” because it was reserved for emperors only. Black rice has a fragrant nutty taste so it can go with many types of cuisines in both savory and sweet. It is chock full of fiber and iron
Which Korean rice is the best ? • Brown rice is the greatest choice in terms of nutritional quality and health benefits. either type of rice can be part of a healthy diet and there is nothing wrong with some white rice every now and then. • Brown rice has a higher nutritional value than white rice, with many vitamins and fiber. • Korean brown rice takes longer to cook and longer to digest, and it takes some time to get used to the taste. Many Koreans combine white rice and brown rice together to bring better texture and taste.
