Korean malt powder?

[MelissaH]

At the Asian store we frequent, which has a Korean tilt, we picked up a package of something called "malt powder." My husband's a homebrewer, so I know what malt is and I know what it looks like. Well, this stuff isn't like any malt I've ever seen before: rather than a uniform powder (or even stuff that's recognizable as sprouted grain), it looks like quick-cooking oatmeal. The sole ingredient listed is barley.

Any clue what this is, and how it might relate to common beer-brewing malts? My thought was to use it when I bake bread.

I'll post a pic of the package, if you think that will help. There's writing in Korean, but I can't read it.

MelissaH

[touaregsand]

It's used for sik hye, a sweet non-alcohloic drink with rice in it.

It's also used for Mak-kul-le and other boozy drinks.

I'd have to see the package though.

[Soup]

It's used for sik hye, a sweet non-alcohloic drink with rice in it.

It's also used for Mak-kul-le and other boozy drinks.

I'd have to see the package though.

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My aunt make the greatest sik hye on the planet but she has so far not provided the recipe. She will make as much as I can take (they live in NJ) but no recipe or lessons so far.

I did not know how Mak-kul-le was made with malt power.

[Chris Amirault]

Ahh.... We just got back from Sun and Moon Restaurant in East Providence RI, and with our dolshot bibimbap, dumplings, and seafood pancake we had shikhye. Click here for a remarkably great thread on making it from melonpan.

At the end of our meal tonight, we had small hard candies, which I think were also made of rice and malt.

[Soup]

At the end of our meal tonight, we had small hard candies, which I think were also made of rice and malt.

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Was it Yut?

[piazzola]

So if one was to ask in a Korean grocery store for barley malt powder

How should I say it or write it in Korean Hangul?

Thanks

[MelissaH]

I'll try to remember to take a picture of my bag and add it to this thread so you know something that's not barley malt powder.

MelissaH

[melonpan]

So if one was to ask in a Korean grocery store for barley malt powder

How should I say it or write it in Korean Hangul?

Thanks

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theres a clear picture of the korean for barley malt powder in the <a href="http://forums.egullet.org/index.php?showtopic=51168">shikhye thread</a>. plus pronounciation guide.

but if the korean grocers speak decent enough english, they should be able to help you from just "barley malt powder".

good luck!

[phage]

Another use for malt powder is in pat bing su - the Korean version of ais kacang, halu-halo, shaved ice, etc. Gives it an extra nutty flavor. Which reminds me.... I hafta dust off my bingsuji - little plastic ice grinder which pulverizes ice to proper patbingsu consistency. Now that its getting hotter....

Hmmm... relooking at the original message, I see your powder is "like quick-cooking oatmeal." The Korean malt powder I use is an actual powder.

--phage

[melonpan]

Another use for malt powder is in pat bing su - the Korean version of ais kacang, halu-halo, shaved ice, etc.    Gives it an extra nutty flavor.  Which reminds me.... I hafta dust off my bingsuji - little plastic ice grinder which pulverizes ice to proper patbingsu consistency.  Now that its getting hotter....

do not confuse malt powder with "misutgaru".

two different things used for different purposes