Easy Rice Punch

(Sikhye)

Sikhye is a Korean traditional non-alcholic drink that’s made with barley malt and cooked rice. It’s refreshingly sweet and malty!

Simply put the malt barley in a cheesecloth bag, and place the bag in 12 cups (of warm water in a large bowl. Then, massage and squeeze the bag to extract milky grain contents until the liquid is milk color.

1

Use a fine sieve. Place the malt barley in a large bowl, and stir in warm water, and let it sit. Rub the malt between your palms and squeeze out milky liquid. Filter the liquid through a fine sieve.

2

Let the malt water sit for some sediments to settle at the bottom, longer if you want very clear liquid.

3

Place the bag (or the residual malt husks if you used a strainer) in another 12 cups of warm water in another bowl and repeat the process to make more malt water.

4

Cook rice with a little less water than your normal amount. The cooked rice should be a bit drier than your normal cooked rice. You don't need to pre-soak the rice for this recipe. Fluff it up when cooked.

5

Carefully pour the malt water into the rice cooker, leaving the sediments at the bottom. Stir to combine the malt water, breaking up the rice clumps.

6

Open the lid and check to see if about 10 rice grains float at the top. A grain of rice between your thumb and index finger, the grain should roll like a piece of yarn, not slippery starchy grain, when ready.

7

Carefully transfer to a stockpot. You can run it through a strainer if you want to keep some rice separately for the optional step below.

8

Bring the sikhye to a boil, removing the foam. Add the sugar and optional ginger slices to taste. Adjust to taste. Continue to boil.

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Enjoy!

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