STEP 1/10
First, put the malt in a large bowl and pour water to soak the malt for about an hour. Drain the soaked malt and prepare.
STEP 2/10
Pour a cup of water into the soaked malt and squeeze it out like washing it with your hands.
STEP 3/10
When it comes out white, sieve it in a bowl and filter out the malt to get the malt water. Repeat 3 to 4 times to collect malt water 7 to 10 times.
STEP 4/10
When the malt water is collected like this, let it sit for about an hour so that the sediment (starch) subsides underneath.
STEP 5/10
Cook the rice while the sediment settles. Pour water into the pre-soaked spicy rice or glutinous rice and cook it very thoroughly.
STEP 6/10
When the rice is cooked, filter out the prepared malt water and pour it into the cooked rice and mix it well.
STEP 7/10
When rice and malt water are mixed, put them in a rice bowl and let them cool for about 3 hours.
STEP 8/10
When you open it after 3 hours, if the rice grains float like this, it is well fermented, so stop warming and take it out.
STEP 9/10
Transfer sikhye to a large pot, add ginger and sugar, and boil it until it boils. (Add or subtract sugar to your liking. Before boiling, take a small amount of rice separately and rinse with cold water, pour bottled water, and refrigerate.) Allow to cool completely and refrigerate.
STEP 10/10
This is fermented rice stored separately, and if you put a spoonful of rice before making sikhye, the rice grains will float beautifully in sikhye. This is a tip from my grandmother