Shikhye

This traditional fermented dessert drink, pronounced “SHIK-hay,” is served after a big meal to cleanse your palate and serve as a digestive aid to help your stomach makes sense of all that you just ate for dinner. There are many canned versions of shikhye at Korean markets, but as always, homemade is best, and that way you can adjust the sweetness as you like. Like many fermented things, it takes patience, but is otherwise easy to make. I prefer this chilled, often over a few ice cub