Gamja-ongsimi () or potato dough soup is a variety of ''

sujebi ''Sujebi'' * (, in S. Korea), ''ttŭdŏ-guk'' (, in N. Korea), or hand-pulled dough soup, or Korean-style pasta soup, is a Korean traditional soup consisting of dough flakes roughly torn by hand, with various vegetables. The flavor and recipe ...

'' (hand-pulled dough soup) in

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's Gangwon

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. Both the potato dumplings (or potato balls) and the soup can be referred to as ''gamja-ongsimi''. The ''

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'' (porridge) made with potato balls as its ingredient is called ''gamja-ongsimi-juk'', and the ''

kal-guksu ''Kal-guksu'' * (; ; ) is a Korean noodle dish consisting of handmade, knife-cut wheat flour noodles served in a large bowl with broth and other ingredients. It is traditionally considered a seasonal food, consumed most often in summer. Its n ...

'' (noodle soup) made with the potato balls is called ''gamja-ongsimi-kal-guksu''.

Etymology and history

''Gamja'' () means

potatoes The potato is a starchy food, a tuber of the plant ''Solanum tuberosum'' and is a root vegetable native to the Americas. The plant is a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United ...

, and ''ongsimi'' () is a

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word for ''saealsim'' (; literally "bird's egg", named for its resemblance to small bird's eggs, possibly quail eggs), which is a type of dough cake ball often made with

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and added to porridges such as ''

patjuk ''Patjuk'' ( ko, 팥죽 ) is a type of Korean juk consisting of red beans and rice. It is commonly eaten during the winter season in Korea, and is associated to '' dongji'' (winter solstice), * as people used to believe that the red color of ''pa ...

'' (red bean porridge) and ''

hobak-juk ''Hobak-juk'' () or pumpkin porridge is a variety of Korean porridge, or '' juk'', made with pumpkin and glutinous rice flour. * It is a smooth and naturally sweet porridge that is traditionally served to recovering patients or the elderly. Pr ...

'' (pumpkin porridge). Originally, ''gamja-ongsimi'' was made into small balls as ''saealsim'', but nowadays it is also made into bigger, less globular, and more ''

'' (hand-pulled dough)-like shapes.

Preparation

Potatoes are grated, drained, squeezed, and mixed with the potato starch settled at the bottom of drained water in a bowl. The potato dough is balled into ''ongsimi'', and boiled in

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- dasima broth with vegetables such as ''

aehobak Aehobak ( ko, 애호박), also called Korean zucchini or Korean courgette, is an edible, green to yellow-green summer squash. Although nearly all summer squashes are varieties of ''Cucurbita pepo'', aehobak belongs to the species ''Cucurbita mo ...

'' (Korean zucchini),

shiitake mushrooms The shiitake (alternate form shitake) (; ''Lentinula edodes'') is an edible mushroom native to East Asia, which is now cultivated and consumed around the globe. It is considered a medicinal mushroom in some forms of traditional medicine. Ta ...

shepherd's purse ''Capsella bursa-pastoris'', known as shepherd's purse because of its triangular flat fruits, which are purse-like, is a small annual and ruderal flowering plant in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). It is native to eastern Europe and Asia minor, ...

, and red

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. The soup is often topped with '' gim-garu'' (seaweed flakes), toasted

sesame Sesame ( or ; ''Sesamum indicum'') is a flowering plant in the genus ''Sesamum'', also called benne. Numerous wild relatives occur in Africa and a smaller number in India. It is widely naturalized in tropical regions around the world and is cul ...

seeds, and optionally white and yellow '' al-gomyeong'' (egg garnish).

Gallery

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broth) Korea-Sokcho-Gamja ongsimi-Potato dumpling soup-01.jpg, ''Gamja-ongsimi-

'' (potato dumpling and noodle soup) Korea-Sokcho-Gamja ongsimi-Potato dumpling soup-02.jpg, ''Gamja-ongsimi'' topped with '' gim-garu'' (seaweed flakes) and toasted

seeds, served in ''

ttukbaegi A ''ttukbaegi'' () is a type of '' oji-gureut'', which is an ''onggi'' coated with brown-tone ash glaze. The small, black to brown earthenware vessel is a cookware/serveware used for various ''jjigae'' (stew), '' gukbap'' (soup with rice), or ...

'' (earthenware)

References

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Etymology and history

Preparation

Gallery

See also

References