How To Make Kimbap –Are you into watching Korean drama? If
so, I am pretty sure you have ever heard of this delicious sushi-like Korean
dish. In western countries like United States,
Kimbap is like one of the fancy dishes ordered in fancy hotels and restaurants
but back in Korea,
this is just an ordinary food that even the poor people can afford to have it
on their tables. Being ordinary does not reflect how this dish tastes like
because once you have tasted it, all you can say is “yum”. I am not a Korean so
I am not going to share with you a tricky Kimbap recipe, instead the simplest
version of my Kimbap would be better. Here is how to make Kimbap:
INGREDIENTS
4 sheets of dried seaweed (Laver)
½ cup of Tuna flakes
1 tablespoon of Mayonaise
A pinch of ground pepper
2 eggs
4 strips of Crab Sticks
4 Perilla leaves
4 strips of Yellow Pickled Radish
2 large size carrots
1 cup of Asian watercress
3 cups of water
3 cloves of garlic (minced)
Sesame oil
Salt to taste
3 cups of cooked glutinous rice
1 tablespoon of Sesame seeds
Cooking oil
COOKING PROCEDURE
1. Whisk eggs, add a pinch of salt.
2. In a pan, heat cooking, pour the egg into the pan and fry
until cooked.
3. Cut the egg into strips.
4. In a pot, boil water and add a pinch or two of salt.
5. Add the Watercress into the boiling water and cook for 2
minutes.
6. Drain the Watercress while it is hot to remove all the
water completely.
7. In a bowl, combine the Watercress, garlic, and sesame oil
altogether.
8. Cut carrots into thin strips and fry for 3 minutes.
9. In a small bowl, combine tuna flakes, mayonaise, and a
pinch of ground pepper altogether. Mix perfectly.
10. Cut pickled raddish into strips.
11. In a bowl, combine cooked rice, 2 pinch of salt, 1
teaspoon of sesame oil and 1 tablespoon of sesame seeds. Mix well.
12. Place the dried Laver sheet on a table with the shiny
side down. Scoop rice mixture and spread on half of every sheet.
13. Place all the remaining ingredients over the rice.
14. Put some rice on the other end of the Laver sheet to
seal the Laver and roll up the Kimbap.
15. Slice the Kimbap rolls about ½ inch-thick. And serve.
HOW TO MAKE KIMBAP