Five-element recipes by element, season and body type
The recipes Haru suggests, with the five-element reasoning of each ingredient. Filter by element, season and body type.
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Baek-kimchi: a Cool Metal White Kimchi without ChiliKorean white kimchi with napa cabbage, radish and pear in a clear brine, no chili. How the tradition reads its white colour as Metal.Chilled Cucumber Seaweed Soup and Black Bean RiceA 15-minute chilled seaweed and cucumber soup with black bean rice: a cool, Water-element summer meal and how the five-element tradition reads it.Braised Lotus Root: a Cool Metal and Water Side DishGlossy Korean braised lotus root in 30 minutes with soy sauce and rice syrup. How the tradition reads its white root and salty glaze.Mung Bean Porridge (Nokdu-juk): a Cool Summer BowlKorean mung bean porridge in 50 minutes: hulled mung beans simmered 30 minutes, then rice for 20 more. Why the tradition reads it as cool.Baesuk: Steamed Pear with Bellflower Root and HoneyA whole Korean pear filled with bellflower root, honey and peppercorns and steamed for 25 minutes. Why the tradition reads it as Metal.