Korean Food: Sweet Rice Drink, SikHye (식혜)

Main Ingredients
• 2 Cups Malted Barley Powder
• 10 Cups Water
• ¾ Cup Short Grain Rice (2 Cups Cooked Rice)
• ¾ Cup White Sugar
Yield: 2½ Quarts

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• Korean
• cooking
• drink
• lunar
• new
• year
• food
• sweet
• rice
• malted
• barley
• powder
• sikhye
• 식혜

[MsSpitfire21]

What kind of rice cooker do you recommend? :) Thanks Aeri!

[aeriskitchen]

@MsSpitfire21

I have a post about my rice cooker on my blog.. please check it out. ^^

[cmyh624]

If i cut the ingredients in half, does it take half the time to cook?

[aeriskitchen]

@cmyh624

No you still need same amount of fermenting (??) cooking.. time.. thanks

[dignifriedd]

Is it a ginger version of this?cux I taste ginger in this drink in my local korean restaurant,Thank you so much for the recipe,love it so much.

[aeriskitchen]

@dignifriedd

yes.. many people add some slice of ginger when they boil the drink.. I prefer it without ginger.. so I skipped it. ^^

[TikiTikiOverdose]

Oh my. Only 16 pieces of rice floats in my mixture. :( I didn't do it right.

[aeriskitchen]

@Groovey26

lol.... cute imagination.. ^^

[groupiegrl011]

That looks so good!

[aeriskitchen]

@xlaydeeeejay

Thanks God bless you too. :)

[xlaydeeeejay]

오모오모!! 감사해요!! I Love 식혜 !! it was my favorite drink ; after eating 설렁탕 ; korean bbq; etc!! ever since i was a kid! Thank you so muchh!! And May God Bless You!!

[aeriskitchen]

@cuteycatx3

Okay ^^