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Yeongyang-dolsotbap (Norishing Hot Stone Pot)

Main Dishes / Bap (Cooked Rice)

Yeongyang-dolsotbap is a nourishing dish of rice, ginseng, jujubes and chestnuts which are believed to have healing properties. Rice tastes best when cooked in a stone pot because it cooks evenly and stays hot in the pot.

Ogokbap (Five Grain Rice)

Main Dishes / Bap (Cooked Rice)

Ogokbap is cooked of glutinous rice, glutinous African millet, sweet red beans and black beans together. From olden days, Koreans have regarded the first full moon day of the year as an important day. People cooked five-grain rice on that day and shared it with neighbors in hopes of peace and a good harvest.

Huinbap (Cooked White Rice)

Main Dishes / Bap (Cooked Rice)

Huinbap is cooked only of non-glutinous white rice. Rice was farmed from early times in Korea. Therefore, rice dishes and rice-based foods were developed as well. Rice is the main dish on the table, and the other accompanying dishes are side dishes.