Deep-fried Korean vegetable snack
Bugak (부각 ) is a variety of vegetarian twigim (deep-fried dish) in Korean cuisine .[ 1] It is made by deep frying dried vegetables or seaweed coated with chapssal-pul (찹쌀풀 ; glutinous rice paste) and then drying them again.[ 2] It is eaten as banchan (accompaniment to cooked rice) or anju (accompaniment to alcoholic beverages). Common ingredients are green chili peppers , perilla leaves , perilla inflorescence , camellia leaves, chrysanthemum leaves, burdock leaves, tree of heaven shoots, potatoes , gim (laver), and dasima (kelp). Vegetable oils such as perilla oil or soybean oil are typically used for frying.[ 3]
Bugak is a relatively rare culinary technique in Korean cuisine, along with dasima twigak (튀각 ; deep fried vegetables without coating). It is often associated with Korean temple cuisine .[ 3] [ 4]
Varieties
dangeun-bugak (당근부각 ) – made with carrots
dasima-bugak (다시마부각 ) – made with kelp
deulkkae-songi-bugak (들깨송이부각 ) – made with perilla inflorescence
dongbaek-ip-bugak (동백잎부각 ) – made with camellia leaves
dureup-bugak (두릅부각 ) – made with angelica tree shoots
eumnamu-sun-bugak (음나무순부각 ) – made with castor aralia shoots
gajuk-bugak (가죽부각 ) – made with tree of heaven shoots
gamja-bugak (감자부각 ) – made with potatoes
gamnnip-bugak (감잎부각 ) – made with persimmon leaves
gim-bugak (김부각 ) – made with laver
gochu-bugak (고추부각 ) – made with green chili peppers
gukhwa-ip-bugak (국화잎부각 ) – made with chrysanthemum leaves
kkaennip-bugak (깻잎부각 ) – made with perilla leaves
mosi-ip-bugak (모시잎부각 ) – made with ramie leaves
ogapi-ip-bugak (오가피잎부각 ) – made with eleuthero leaves
parae-bugak (파래부각 ) – made with green laver
ssuk-bugak (쑥부각 ) – made with Korean mugwort
ueong-ip-bugak (우엉잎부각 ) – made with burdock
Gallery
Gim-bugak (deep fried seaweed)
Gochu-bugak (deep fried chili peppers)
Dureup-bugak (deep fried angelica tree shoots) with chal-jeonbyeong (glutinous rice pancakes)
See also
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Bugak .
References