Hobakjuk (호박죽) Korean Pumpkin or Winter Squash Porridge
- Ready In:
- 1hr 49mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Yields:
-
1 1/2 Quart
- Serves:
- 4
ingredients
-
For Porridge
- 1 (2 -3 lb) pumpkin
- 3 cups water
- 3 tablespoons sweet rice flour (Mochiko, also known as Glutenous Rice Flour)
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
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For Rice Balls
- 2⁄3 cup sweet rice flour (Mochiko)
- 4 -5 tablespoons water
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For Sweet Beans
- 1 (15 ounce) can black beans (Or red)
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup brown sugar (Any kind)
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Cut pumpkin in half and remove all seeds and stringy bits. Cover in foil and bake for 45mins.
- While pumpkin bakes, combine ingredients for rice balls. Knead dough for several minutes until it achieves a "playdough" like consistency.
- Form dough into small, uniform balls, about the size of a marble. Store balls with a moderate dusting of sweet rice flour to prevent sticking until ready to use.
- In a pan, combine water and brown sugar for sweet beans. Heat on medium high and stir until sugar dissolves.
- Add the drained and rinsed beans, then raise temperature to high and cook for 7 mins, stirring occasionally to prevent burning.
- Once the syrup has condensed and become thick, remove the beans from the heat.
- Once the pumpkin has cooked to fork tender, remove from the oven and let it cool before scooping out the inside and discarding the shell.
- Add pumpkin and 3 cups of water to a blender, blending on high until smooth.
- Place the pumpkin/water mix into a pot and heat on medium high until hot.
- In a bowl, thoroughly mix 1/4 cup water with 3tbs of sweet rice flour to form a slurry. Add slurry to hot pumpkin mixture and stir immediately to prevent lumps.
- Add the granulated sugar and salt.
- Bring porridge to a boil, then add rice balls.
- Increase temperature to high and boil for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally to prevent rice balls from sticking. The porridge is done when the rice balls are soft and chewy.
- To serve, pour porridge over black beans in individual bowls. Garnish with a few beans. Serve with sugar.
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