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To remove the bitter taste of bellflower roots, prepare kkandoraji and thick salt (Cheonil salt).
* Thick salt is good for pickling cabbage kimchi.
* Measure with a spoon of rice
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In autumn, there is a fresh balloon flower that has not been removed.
I bought it with that.
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Soak bellflower in a large basin or bowl and wash it several times..
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If the soil falls off and there are several stems of bellflower that have become a little cleaner, leave only one and remove it.
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Remove the dirty tip with a knife.
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Peel the skin with a knife.
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The very small roots are collected separately without peeling, washed clean, dried, and eaten as tea,
It will only remove the bitter taste of the balloon flower.
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Wash the kkandoraji in water.
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Cut the washed bellflower root lengthwise and thinly with a knife.
STEP 10/19
You can cut it like the picture.
STEP 11/19
To season balloon flower, cut it into the size of your pinky finger.
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Put the cut bellflower in a bowl.
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Add 2 spoons of thick salt.
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Add 3 spoons of water to dissolve the thick salt.
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It removes the bitter taste.
* It is said that soaking in vinegar or salt water will remove the bitter taste, so please refer to it.
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When you mix it, murky water comes out of the balloon flower, and it is mixed until it has such a color like rice water.
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When it's soft, the stiff balloon flower becomes soft, and the bitter taste is removed to some extent when it comes out as murky water as in the picture.
* The bitter taste of balloon flower is saponin. If you enjoy the bitter taste, you can skip this process.
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Soak it in water and rinse it to remove salt water.
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Serve in a basket to drain.
* When seasoned, squeeze out the water and remove it.
- Remove the bitter taste of bellflower roots by hand until the water becomes murky.