The Temple Meal That Changed How I Cook
50sPersonal story about a monk's cooking creates emotional connection and curiosity about simple, healthy food.
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This video demonstrates how to make Oi-bokkeum, a Korean temple-style sautéed cucumber side dish. The recipe is inspired by a temple stay in Korea, where the monk prepared simple yet flavorful dishes. It's a quick and easy recipe that highlights the natural taste of cucumbers with sesame oil and seeds.
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Introduction to Oi-bokkeum
The video is about making a Korean temple-style sautéed cucumber side dish called Oi-bokkeum.
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Temple Stay Inspiration
The presenter learned this recipe during a temple stay in Korea, where a monk prepared a simple but delicious meal.
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Ingredients Preparation
Use 1 pound of seedless cucumber, sliced thinly like paper.
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Salting and Draining
Salt the cucumber slices and let sit for 10 minutes, then squeeze out excess water (more than half a cup).
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Cooking with Sesame Oil
Add sesame oil to the pan, turn on heat, then add the drained cucumber.
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Adding Sesame Seeds
Add 2 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds. Temple style uses generous amounts of sesame oil and seeds.
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Quick Sauté and Finish
Cook just briefly until the cucumber pieces start 'jumping' in the pan, then turn off heat to avoid overcooking.
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Serving Suggestion
Serve as a side dish with rice, optionally adding more sesame oil and mixing for extra flavor.
This Korean temple-style sautéed cucumber is a fast, simple side dish that lets the natural flavors shine. Perfect with rice, it's a healthy and delicious addition to any meal.
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What is Oi-bokkeum?
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What is Oi-bokkeum?
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A Korean temple-style sautéed cucumber side dish.
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How long do you salt the cucumbers?
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How long do you salt the cucumbers?
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10 minutes.
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What oil is used in this recipe?
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What oil is used in this recipe?
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Sesame oil.
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How much sesame seeds are added?
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How much sesame seeds are added?
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2 teaspoons of toasted sesame seeds.
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What is the key technique to avoid overcooking?
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What is the key technique to avoid overcooking?
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Cook only until the cucumber pieces start 'jumping' in the pan, then immediately turn off heat.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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Temple Stay Inspiration
Provides authentic context for the recipe, explaining its simplicity and focus on natural flavors.
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Salting to Remove Water
Key technique to prevent sogginess and concentrate flavor.
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Generous Use of Sesame
Temple style emphasizes sesame oil and seeds for rich, nutty taste without garlic or onion.
02:26Full Transcript
[00:03] hi everybody cucumber we are going to make a cucumber side dish today in make a cucumber side dish today in Korean o bokum it's a temple style saute cucumbers when I visited Korea a couple of years ago I stayed in Temple and then
[00:19] of years ago I stayed in Temple and then the monk one prepared nice nice lunch table for us this is one of the best meals that I ever had this oium was one of the the side dishes along with tang amazing and also their mushroom each
[00:36] dish was very very simple but very nutty and kind of really delicious they don't add some garlic or green onion and so that we can taste just the flavor over each ingredient this is very very simple and fast let's get started I prepared
[00:53] and fast let's get started I prepared one pound cucumber this is a seedless one pound cucumber this is a seedless cucumber slice thing like a paper
[01:16] tips now I'm going to put it this all this here into the
[01:37] I salted this cucumber for 10 minutes I'm going to squeeze out all excess
[01:58] squeeze look at that a lot more than half a cup teaspoon one two and mix turn on the
[02:14] mix turn on the heat like this oh smells good everything heat like this oh smells good everything is shiny so I'm going to add later 2 is shiny so I'm going to add later 2 teaspoon sesame seeds toasted sesame
[02:26] teaspoon sesame seeds toasted sesame seeds one two Temple kin they add a lot of toasted sesame oil and sesame seeds to make it sesame oil and sesame seeds to make it tasty they grinded very
[02:46] [Music] finely and add half a teaspoon
[03:00] salt okay turn off that's it if you cook too long time I don't want this to cook fully just little saute saute means jumping jumping this cucumber all wheels are jumping and then we are going to add
[03:17] jumping and then we are going to add this sesame seeds
[03:45] this as a side dish for Rice also make a Pip with rice and some Kang sesame oil and mix so good today I showed you how to make Korean temper style sauteed
[03:59] cucumbers enjoy my recipe see you next time bye enjoy my recipe see you next time bye [Music]
