식혜

sikhye
Noun

Definitions

sikhye; sweet rice punch
A sweet-flavored traditional Korean beverage, made by fermenting cooked rice in barley malt water, adding sugar, and boiling it down, drunk after cooling.
엿기름 우린 물에 밥을 넣어 삭힌 후 밥알이 뜨면 설탕을 넣고 끓인 다음 차게 식혀 먹는, 단맛의 한국 전통 음료.

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Dictionary data from Korean Learners' Dictionary (한국어기초사전) by the National Institute of Korean Language, licensed under CC BY-SA.