Maangchi's March letter to you

How to make a kimchi pancake! Plus, cheese buldak in the New York Times!  [View in browser](   [[]   I'm making doenjang!  Since the doenjang I made 2 years ago is almost running out, I decided to make some more. This time I doubled the recipe, so I started with 10 pounds of organic dried soybeans. To ferment the meju blocks nicely, I used the dried rice straw that a Korean farmer gave me when I visited Korea 2 years ago.  The blocks were well fermented! I saw good white, grayish fungi in the cracks of each meju. These meju blocks are my good decoration while they are being hung and dried. The pungent smell always makes me smile every morning. Yes, you guys are alive!  Soon I will soak them in salty water. Ooh whoo, so exciting!    Kim's Convenience mentioned me!  A few months ago the producers from the TV show Kim's Convenience asked me for permission to use my video in one of their episodes about the daughter learning how to make Korean food. I said sure! Then I forgot about it until recently, when it was on Canadian TV and one of my readers [tweeted about it](. I haven't seen it, but the show will be on Netflix soon!    [New recipe: Kimchi pancake](  I revisited my [kimchijeon]( recipe that I posted 10 years ago and updated it in HD! I'm happy to see so many people are interested in the recipe and that they are making it and posting photos on their social media.  A kimchi pancake is one of the easiest and quickest things to make and is one of Koreans’ all time favorite dishes. It’s spicy, crispy, a little sweet, sour, and a little salty. It is not only a great snack but also it goes well with rice as a side dish, or in a lunchbox!   [Make kimchijeon!](   [Doenjangguk with spinach and clams](  This soup is made with lots of green bunch spinach (sigeumchi in Korean) and clams. To make the broth tasty, I used a little bit of beef, so it tastes savory, beefy, and earthy. Eat the clams first and then add some rice to the soup! It gives me 100 percent satisfaction in cold weather like we have these days in New York City.   [Make doenjangguk](   Daralie's kimchi pancake  Daralie made a kimchi pancake and [posted this photo to Instagram](. It looks perfect! It doesn't look greasy, just crispy golden brown outside with a beautiful round shape!    My cheese buldak in the New York Times  My [cheese buldak]( recipe was already in the New York Times earlier this year, but the readers must have loved it because it was in the NYT again on Feb 16! It was in a special section of "[Recipes for Everyone Who Hates Doing the Dishes](." I am very honored to be included!   [my cheese buldak recipe](   Jjapaguri craze  Ever since the Korean movie Parasite won 4 Oscar awards (including best picture) everyone is so interested in [Jjapaguri noodles with steak](! The movie calls them "ram-don" in English, and my video has been watched more than 1 million times!  My viewer Jane made it for Valentine's Day, served it with beer, and watched the movie Parasite with her loved one! It looks like a very romantic table setting!   [make jjapaguri](   Amazing Garaetteok made by Justin  I was so suprised to see such a gorgeous-looking photo of garaetteok (long cylinder shaped rice cake) [on Twitter](. My reader Justin made this! I love how smooth each piece of rice cake is, all of them are the same size & length, and even some traces made when they are cut by the knife.  He said he followed my recipe to make [homemade rice flour first](. Then he made [tteokbokki (Korean spicy rice cake)](with these rice cakes! My readers' cooking skill gets better and better and maybe better than mine!   [Make your own cylinder rice cakes](   Like a Korean housewife  When I read Mitch's post on Facebook, I thought what he did was just like a Korean houswife! He bought Korean radishes to make delicious stock that calls for radish. After making the stock, he still had lots of radishes left, so he made [kkakdugi (cubed radish kimchi)](. Actually, that's what I usually do!  Check out the photos below, it looks like he is busy cooking and making something delicious!   [make kimchi-jjigae](   See you next time!  One cold afternoon this coffee warmed me and kept me awake! I love coffee!  Have a good month and see you in April!  — Maangchi    This email was sent to {EMAIL} You received this email because you are registered to get Maangchi's letter  [Unsubscribe here](  Sent by[SendinBlue](   © 2018 Maangchi Â