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Sikhye 식혜 - (Korean Food)
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1. Ingredients for Sikhye


-Primary ingredients: Sweet rice and rice
-Secondary ingredients: Malt (dried barley sprouts) and sugar



2. Taste evaluation


-Spicy:☆☆☆☆☆
-Salty:☆☆☆☆☆
-Sweet:★★★★☆
-Sour:☆☆☆☆☆
-Toasted flavor: ★★☆☆☆



3. Introduction to Sikhye

Sikhye is a Korean traditional drink that is made by pouring malt into cooked sweet rice and fermenting it. It generally tastes sweet but it has flavors of grains (sweet rice) and unique taste from fermented food.

Most of Koreans think Sikhye was a drink but it used to be a completely different food.

In old times, people from the east coast province enjoyed eating something called Eo-sikhye, which was fermented fish mixed with rice, malt and spicy chili sauce, because they could easily get fish in that area. As Eo-sikhye was distributed in other regions, those who live in cities where it is difficult get fish and those who did not like fish started to make Sikhye in different ways without using fish.

And the most popular one is called Andong Sikhye, which uses sweet rice, malt, spicy chili sauce and radish instead of fish, which tastes neat and cool. Radish and spicy sauce was removed Andong Sikhye, and it became today’s sweet and pure Sikhye.




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You can pour malt and water in sweet rice and keep it warm to let rice fermented. And then add more sugar for the sweeter taste.

Malt is a dried product made by pouring water into barley until it sprouts that would add unique sweet taste and flavor to it.

If the temperature is too high, it cannot be fermented properly and if it’s too low, it will taste extremely sour.

It requires a lot of effort from those with a lot of experience to make it taste and smell deeper than any other fruit juice or coke.

If you drink cool Sikhye, it will have sweet and unique flavor and scent of malt. And sweet rice at the bottom tastes so nice so you should shake it before you drink it.

Sikhye contains a lot of fiber so it will help your digestion if you drink it after a meal. Plus, it will help you with your constipation because it is a fermented product like yogurt.

I suggest that you should try Sikhye instead of coke or coffee if you need something to drink after meals.

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4. Kinds of Sikhye


People in east coast areas still love to eat the original Sikhye with fish in it called Eo-sikhye.

For Sikhye, there are many kinds in Korea including Eo-sikhye in east coast areas, regular Sikhye as a common beverage, Hobak(pumpkin)-sikhye, Saenggang(ginger)-sikhye and so on.


- Eo-sikhye(fish Sikhye): Fish is fermented with sweet rice (or rice), malt and spicy chili sauce, and it tastes spicy and pungent.

- Regular Sikhye: Sweet rice mixed with gyle, fermented and seasoned with sugar.

- Hobak-sikhye(pumpkin Sikhye): Sweet rice mixed with malt and pumpkin water, fermented and seasoned with sugar. It has pumpkin flavor.

- Saenggang-sikhye(ginger Sikhye): Ginger is added to regular Sikhye and boiled together. It has a special flavor and spicy taste of ginger.




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5. How to enjoy Sikhye even more

Sikhye is a popular dessert after meals for it tastes so sweet.

It’s a popular traditional beverage for Koreans that you can find in any convenience store or supermarket.

You can also get it at a cheap price if you’re at a traditional market or even order it at a restaurant.

Sikhye tastes the best when it’s served cold. So you might find it slightly frozen when you buy it.

You could buy a canned Sikhye at a convenience store and put it in the freezer.

The most popular Korean foods among foreign tourists are mostly meat cuisines like Bulgogi, Galbi and Samgyupsal.

So when you’re full after a heavy meal, drink Sikhye then you’ll feel much better and lighter.






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