(For all ingredients, please use organic versions if available)
Ddeokguk (Rice Cake Soup)
400 grams rice cake
1/5 radish
5 shiitake mushrooms
Dried kelp
1 liter water,
40 grams seasoned mushroom stems
2 tablespoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon salt
2–3 pieces seaweed
1 tablespoon starch
1 gardenia seed
Pine nuts
Yakgwa (Sweet Confection)
850 grams flour
1½ cups water
1 teaspoon yeast
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon salt
½ cup starch syrup
Grape seed oil
2 raw chestnuts