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Bingsu

Name: Bingsu
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 10 g red beans; 15 g glutinous rice flour; 5 g mugwort powder; 10 g water; 110 g sikhye (sweet rice drink); salt to taste

빙수

Korean shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings

DessertsCourse

136kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

🌱 VeganGluten-free

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About this dish

Bingsu, sometimes written as bingsoo, is a milk-based Korean shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings that may include chopped fruit, condensed milk, fruit syrup, tteok, and red beans. The most common variety is patbingsu (Korean: 팥빙수, lit. 'red bean frozen water'), topped with sweet red beans. The main ingredient of bingsu was natural ice in the past, but later, artificial ice was produced, and high-quality sweeteners were developed. Many modern bingsu varieties use frozen milk rather than water-based ice. Historically, the ice-cutting machine was a simple tool in the shape of a plane, but now, most shaved ice is created by electric ice shavers.

Description: Wikipedia — Bingsu, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Sikhye Red Bean Shaved Ice (Sikhye Patbingsu)

Not spicyVeganGluten-free

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Servings1

red beans팥
10 g
glutinous rice flour찹쌀가루
15 g
mugwort powder쑥가루
5 g
water물
10 g
sikhye (sweet rice drink)식혜
110 g
salt to taste소금 적당량

Nutrition per serving

136kcal

33gCarbs

3.6gProtein

0gFat

5mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Wash the red beans well, pour in water and boil, discard the water, then pour in cold water again and boil.
Drain the soft boiled red beans and mash them.
Divide the glutinous rice flour in two, add mugwort powder to one, and knead the plain glutinous rice flour with hot water (ikban-juk) to make rice balls, then cook in boiling water.
Immediately cool the cooked rice balls in ice water.
Add the mashed red beans to the sikhye and season with salt, put in a container in the freezer, and stir with a fork every hour to incorporate air while freezing.
When the sherbet is softly frozen, serve in the prepared bowls together with the rice balls.

💡 TipSujeonggwa (cinnamon punch) can also be frozen and scraped with a fork or spoon for use.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.