Korean Govt.-mandated rice and barley mixture?!
Answers: Years ago (1970's) the South Korean govt. required that a certain percentage of barley be mixed in with rice to help reduce the amount of needed food imports. While most Koreans hated this law, I personally liked the flavor combination. In trying to recreate this dish today, I find that barley has a different cooking time than rice. Yet back in the 70's, rice bought in the market had the barley mixed in by law. They were cooked together at the same time. How'd they do this? Was the mixed-in barley partially precooked, dried and added to the rice? When Korea finally became independent of rice imports many celebrated the canceling of the law but I missed the mixture called "Barley Bahp". How'd they do it?
im korean and when my mom makes rice, sometimes she puts 1 cup of barley with 2 cups rice. she does it not becuz its cheaper but becuz its supposedly healthier than just white rice. we have a rice cooker and we put it in together. we dont precook or anything.
Well, pearl barley is relatively quick cooking.
There's a mixture I buy at the Asian markets that is a mixture of brown rice, barley and millet.