Koryo-saram food became such an integral part of Kazakh cuisine. What's interesting is that many Koryo-saram dishes don't exist in Korean cuisine as we know it. For example, a while ago I was very surprised to find out that "Morkov po-koreyski" doesn't exist in cuisine of South Korea. Even though, "po-koreyski" means Korean style. There are many other dishes like that.
Same in Hawai’i. When different ethnic groups from all over arrived to work the plantations, the Hawaiian food culture mixed with all the new influences. So there are a few dishes we consider Korean on island, but doesn’t exist in South Korea and Korean restaurants outside of Hawai’i. Still delicious though!
My friends' wife is a Russian with Korean ancestry! Her mother is a noted astronomer who collaborated on a Apollo/Soyuz mission, and she grew up in Moscow. I know she makes a lot of Russian favorites like salad olivier, but I'll have to ask if she grew up with this dish.
There's an Uzbek-Korean restaurant in Brooklyn in Bensonhurst called Cafe Lily. I've gotten this there along with other dishes such as fish Khe, bracken salad, Tashkent salad, and other delicious things. Pleasant staff. Good food.
If anyone wants the recipe, it's differs from one area to another, but the main thing are carrots an ground coriander seeds. Some people add chili flakes, garlic (a must if you ask me) and cilantro/parsley. You have to add a mixture of oil and vinegar to the carrots, put the spices in and let it sit for an hour in the fridge. I like heating the spices in the oil, add the vinegar and add this mixture to the carrots and garlic. Then let it cool and bon appetit. It has so much more flavor that way, imho.
Even their name is Korean Koryo Saram meaning Korean people/ humans its a thing to be noted as no matter how long you have been in another country but some threads still connect you to your homeland
My favorite salad, that and the pickled ramps! Yum my Russian salads thank you Beryl that salad with the roasted bread wrapped chickens . I lived in South Meodvekova near Otradnoe and we had productis that sold chickens wrapped in Lavash and we would get that with the carrot salad and the ramps and get litters of Baltika and go hang out on the river with the Kremlin behind us in the Sunmer, I miss my Apartment. We wanted to go back this Summer and travel to Armenia and Georgia but …welll. Maybe next year 😔😢
I love, love, LOVE learning about history behind dishes. So happy. Also...can't wait to try this. Also...super sad that so many people lost their lives for ridiculous reasons.
I LOVE THIS SALAD. I tried it for the first time a few years ago and was immediately obsessed. The restaurant I ate it at didn't have a lot of english communication, and googling was harder than I thought (I just skimmed over the correct recipes bc it didn't twig to me as something labelled 'Korean'.) It's a fairly high effort recipe but worth it imo
I was born in Uzbekistan and lived there when I was a child and Korean food always has been around in my childhood. Not only this salad, but also пигоди - variation of steamed bun with meat filling
Hi, Beryl! I'm from Uzbekistan and one of my childhood memories from school was getting a hot-dog with morkovcha! Very popular to this day, it's just a hot-dog bun, a sausage, ketchup and mayo, and morkovcha! YUM!
In Green Bazaar in downtown Almaty, Kazakhstan, you can find a long line of stands run by ethnic Korean women making cold salads and kimbap. The carrot salad is a classic. I miss being there.
carrot salad is just so enticing for me cause I know the texture is gonna be crunchy usually due to it being carrot. ohhh, I want to nibble some pickled carrots or something
Kurosawa-Saram also migrated to Tajikistan. They were evenly split between Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Growing up I remember the taste of Korean markovca and Kim chi. We just loved it! It’s the best! I forgot what it’s called but they also have a dish where they marinade raw fish in vinegar and a ton of delicious spices. The acidity of vinegar basically cooks the fish. I could not get enough of it. I miss that. I cannot find it in US unfortunately. If anyone knows what I’m talking about and where to find it please let me know.
I am from Kazakhstan and I’m Russian, I can confirm that this carrot salad is amazing. It’s probably my favorite food. I had no idea the origins! And I’ve seen it all around me growing up.
Ah Beryl, Thanks again for opening food culture and history, with links no less. How great to look forward to eating these dishes and diving into histories I've never heard about.
I didn't know that this was such a cultural dish. My family makes variations of carrot salad (nd potato salad, cucumber salad, and more, obviously) for big family gathering events.
My mom made this salad so often. I can't even count it! I personally don't like it as much as her but I still like it. It's definetly worth trying but we call it "морковка по корейский" which translates to "carrot in korean" or "korean carrot"
I love it so much!! We always have it in our fridge. And when I first tried kimchi, I was surprised how familiar the seasoning was. And mostly it's called not "morkcha" but rather carrot salad or Korean style carrot. "Morkcha" Just means carrot in Russian
Oh wow, one of my absolute favorites among local side dishes, especially when is made during hot summer season in a family circle to enjoy along with some roasted meat at a family dinner. By the way, it is insanely good in a salad, accompanied with bell peppers, cabbage, cucumbers and stuff. Light, spicy and crunchy.
This version of carrot salad sounds good to me and definitely healthier than the standard carrot salad most people grow up with (carrots, mayonnaise and raisins) or the version I made once, because a had some mango chutney but no mayonnaise.🤘
omg Beryl. I think I'm falling in love. For the first time many years. It's a good feeling. Love the shorts by the way. (she lives on the other side of the world but we'll work it out)
Very interesting. My mom grew up in Kyrgyzstan and she told me that a traditional dish from there was Korean (Lagman, my favourite dish 😋). Now this information makes sense to me. 😉
Hi Beryl, First of all , I want to say I love your videos and willingness to eat anything. But I'm truly curious in your adventurous spirit have you ever had a food hurt your tummy or just disagree with you in general? Or something you still dislike? Due to stomach problems I've had to adjust my diet a lot. So I really enjoy watching you live adventurously in the food world! 🥰
"koryo saram" it's just "people from Korea" or rather "people from Koryo/Goryo" (how Korea was called back then) in Korean. Really interesting they got that name
I remember eating so much of this carrot salad as a side with sushi, that I became even sick of it for years, but now you reawoke my love for this stuff again!
I don't know anyone from the former soviet countries, who doesn't know this salat! But I am pretty sure nearly no-one knows the history, that will be a new info, that will be discussed at my grandmas dinner table 😅🙌
As a Russian I love this dish so much, I can eat a lot of it 👌 When I found out about the topic of Korean Russians it was so cool to find out this dish has Korean roots!
In Estonia this salad is popular too. I gave it to try to my Korean ex & asked if they have it in Korea cos they call it Korean carrot salad. He said its not Korean but tastes like it could be haha
Beryl is such a genuine person!! It’s so hard to find people out there that are like her who care about other cultures and their history!! Food wise or not people don’t care about history anymore which I think is important!!
I love this salad and recommend it as well. Better do it fresh, without all the preservatives in bought salads. I wonder, why they had no cabbage? It was an usual product in the USSR as well.
It's funny how most Koreans don't know about this! Russians who visit Korea sometimes looks for the carrot salad and are surprised to find we don't have them here 😂 Great history there too! I'd like to add that back in those days, kimchi made from cabbage were VERY rare. Cabbage became available in Korea only at the beginning of 1900s, and even then, initially it was so expensive that only the royal family or nobles could afford to eat kimchi made from cabbage. The common folks of Joseon mostly made kimchi from radish, which is indeed quite similar to carrots.
I have many Russian friends and have had the privelege of traveling to Russia twice in a teaching capacity. The Russian salad that I was exposed to was by way of a friend originally from Azerbaijan who moved to Russia and now lives here in the US. It is simple, shredded carrots, a generous amount of mayonaise, salt and pepper and a LOT of minced garlic! My family loves it!
Interesting… I heard the term “Goryeo saram” (고려사람) for the first time in China for ethnic Koreans. Never thought I’d be hearing about it in the context of Stalin and Russian history
It took me a sec to understand when you koryo sarram (means korean person) I almost didn't understand because of the way you pronounced it lol!!!!🤣🤣🤣 Also funny thing is in modern Korean, you would say hanguk sarram. Koryo is an older kingdom of Korea.
Hi! Koryo Saram (고려사람) and Koryoin (고려인) are terms used to describe ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet countries. Similarly, Joseonjok (조선족) is a term for ethnic Koreans. Both terms are commonly used in South Korea. As an aside, North Koreans still refer to the Korean Peninsula as Joseon (조선).
One of Russia's most legendary rock musicians was Viktor Tsoi, who was Koryo-saram on his father's side (his mother was an ethnic Russian). He was widely considered a brilliant musician and songwriter and well-respected in the Soviet indie rock scene in the 1980s. He died tragically young at only 28, when he was killed in a car crash. It's believed he fell asleep at the wheel.
Even as Ukrainians, our family has made this salad for as long as I can remember! It’s really good 🙌
Tangy, spicy, sounds tasty to me . 😋
@@msoperator510 hi, where can i get the recipe? I can't find it on the internet
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I've no idea, check out her home page, you may find info there?
EDIT: try typing in Russian Korean salad on TH-cam add Beryl' name?
@@msoperator510 okay thanks 🙏🏻☺️
Can you share the recipe?
Koryo-saram food became such an integral part of Kazakh cuisine. What's interesting is that many Koryo-saram dishes don't exist in Korean cuisine as we know it. For example, a while ago I was very surprised to find out that "Morkov po-koreyski" doesn't exist in cuisine of South Korea. Even though, "po-koreyski" means Korean style. There are many other dishes like that.
Same in Hawai’i. When different ethnic groups from all over arrived to work the plantations, the Hawaiian food culture mixed with all the new influences. So there are a few dishes we consider Korean on island, but doesn’t exist in South Korea and Korean restaurants outside of Hawai’i. Still delicious though!
My friends' wife is a Russian with Korean ancestry! Her mother is a noted astronomer who collaborated on a Apollo/Soyuz mission, and she grew up in Moscow. I know she makes a lot of Russian favorites like salad olivier, but I'll have to ask if she grew up with this dish.
Would love to hear an update on this!
how cool! what a bad asssss!
There's an Uzbek-Korean restaurant in Brooklyn in Bensonhurst called Cafe Lily. I've gotten this there along with other dishes such as fish Khe, bracken salad, Tashkent salad, and other delicious things. Pleasant staff. Good food.
Oh woah I have to check this out
Beryl, it was amazing to learn about a people group that I’ve never heard of before. Thank you for sharing some of their story. I’d love to hear more!
If anyone wants the recipe, it's differs from one area to another, but the main thing are carrots an ground coriander seeds. Some people add chili flakes, garlic (a must if you ask me) and cilantro/parsley. You have to add a mixture of oil and vinegar to the carrots, put the spices in and let it sit for an hour in the fridge. I like heating the spices in the oil, add the vinegar and add this mixture to the carrots and garlic. Then let it cool and bon appetit. It has so much more flavor that way, imho.
Grew up on this salad, it's so good!! Thank you so much for sharing, I'm glad more people will know more about this :)
Even their name is Korean Koryo Saram meaning Korean people/ humans its a thing to be noted as no matter how long you have been in another country but some threads still connect you to your homeland
My favorite salad, that and the pickled ramps! Yum my Russian salads thank you Beryl that salad with the roasted bread wrapped chickens . I lived in South Meodvekova near Otradnoe and we had productis that sold chickens wrapped in Lavash and we would get that with the carrot salad and the ramps and get litters of Baltika and go hang out on the river with the Kremlin behind us in the Sunmer, I miss my Apartment. We wanted to go back this Summer and travel to Armenia and Georgia but …welll. Maybe next year 😔😢
it is not russian carrot salad #racist
I love, love, LOVE learning about history behind dishes. So happy. Also...can't wait to try this.
Also...super sad that so many people lost their lives for ridiculous reasons.
I love food, I love history and this is something I just find out now, will read about this more from now on, thank you Beryl!
I want to try this! I just made the Safflowered Lemons, and I can’t wait to try them!
Oooooh! I'm yet to watch the lemon episode. I hope to save up for some saffron and try this...it sounds lovely!
@@theonetruesarauniya safflower is a lot cheaper than saffron, so don’t worry about the cost.
@@mook_butt8037 Haha! I just realized that I read your post super incorrectly. Safflower it is! Thanks so much. I'm even more excited.
This is so accurate! How do you know so much!! Honestly, I really love your channel thanks for all your hard work
i'm eating it right now, haha! what a coincidence. it is good
never heard of name "markovcha" tho 🤔
Really? That’s the only name for the salad that I know, I’ve been eating since I was a kid and I’ve always called it that….that’s cool 😁
I LOVE THIS SALAD. I tried it for the first time a few years ago and was immediately obsessed. The restaurant I ate it at didn't have a lot of english communication, and googling was harder than I thought (I just skimmed over the correct recipes bc it didn't twig to me as something labelled 'Korean'.) It's a fairly high effort recipe but worth it imo
Can you share the recipe??
I love carrots and kimich! So I want to definitely try this! Thank you! I Also love your pep butt earrings!
Eeee they are new ☺️☺️
@@BerylShereshewsky awww! You’ve really inspired me to step up my accessory game
@@brib6046yesssss more accessories that boost seratonin!
As someone learning Korean, I really appreciate learning this part of their history.
Thank you!
I was born in Uzbekistan and lived there when I was a child and Korean food always has been around in my childhood.
Not only this salad, but also пигоди - variation of steamed bun with meat filling
I love the food education and history!
I was unaware there were Russian Koreans! They never talked about this in my Russian studies!! Is there a recipe?
Wow it goes to show how much history and meaning can be behind a dish. I hope to try this sometime
Omg, I am so glad you made a video about this! A coworker introduced me to it, I love it.
Hi, Beryl! I'm from Uzbekistan and one of my childhood memories from school was getting a hot-dog with morkovcha! Very popular to this day, it's just a hot-dog bun, a sausage, ketchup and mayo, and morkovcha! YUM!
Yess!! I grew up in Uzbekistan and than moved away, and hot dogs with morkovcha was the thing I really missed! I now sometimes make this at home! :)
we make this occasionally for new years! love this salad!
In Green Bazaar in downtown Almaty, Kazakhstan, you can find a long line of stands run by ethnic Korean women making cold salads and kimbap. The carrot salad is a classic. I miss being there.
carrot salad is just so enticing for me cause I know the texture is gonna be crunchy usually due to it being carrot.
ohhh, I want to nibble some pickled carrots or something
Absolutely love your channel, Beryl :)
A russian friend introduced me to this salad and I love it so much. I wish I knew how to make it at home but I enjoy the store bought stuff, too.
Ha, I just ate it today. I grew up with this salad, it's delicious!
I enjoy these short posts, but miss your longer posts.
I literally do one every week 🙃 I’ve only added not retracted 👋
Omg I love your PB earrings
I love this salad! So glad you featured it.
Thank you Beryl! Made me cry bit.
Kurosawa-Saram also migrated to Tajikistan. They were evenly split between Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan. Growing up I remember the taste of Korean markovca and Kim chi. We just loved it! It’s the best! I forgot what it’s called but they also have a dish where they marinade raw fish in vinegar and a ton of delicious spices. The acidity of vinegar basically cooks the fish. I could not get enough of it. I miss that. I cannot find it in US unfortunately. If anyone knows what I’m talking about and where to find it please let me know.
I am from Kazakhstan and I’m Russian, I can confirm that this carrot salad is amazing. It’s probably my favorite food. I had no idea the origins! And I’ve seen it all around me growing up.
Ah Beryl, Thanks again for opening food culture and history, with links no less. How great to look forward to eating these dishes and diving into histories I've never heard about.
You learn something new everyday...thank you for this video!!
I am always so blown away by the history behind all these foods!
I lived in Kazakhstan for two years and this was one of my most favorite foods!
Great info
didn't know this interesting story. thanks
Love this salad.
Coreao saram just basically means Korean people 사람/saram is people in Korea . I'm sure you can figure out the first part 😅
Love this ❤️
I always wondered as a child 🤣
Sounds good! I've never heard of it before but I'll look it up!
Saving this
Your Peppermint Butler earrings are adorable! I love Adventure Time! 🥰
Oh it’s good 👍 I make something similar 🥕 🥕 ❤️
Love learning about the new dishes through your channel. Do you have a recipe you used?
Honestly I just buy it made 🙃
@@BerylShereshewsky no shame in that ! :D
Always been one of my favorite salads, never knew why it was named Korean. Now I know.
History behind it is mind boggling
I didn't know that this was such a cultural dish. My family makes variations of carrot salad (nd potato salad, cucumber salad, and more, obviously) for big family gathering events.
i tried this, it was pretty good
There’s an American Classic Carrot Salad. It use to be in grocery stores and deli’s 🌷💕
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My mom made this salad so often. I can't even count it! I personally don't like it as much as her but I still like it. It's definetly worth trying but we call it "морковка по корейский" which translates to "carrot in korean" or "korean carrot"
I love it so much!! We always have it in our fridge. And when I first tried kimchi, I was surprised how familiar the seasoning was. And mostly it's called not "morkcha" but rather carrot salad or Korean style carrot. "Morkcha" Just means carrot in Russian
Oh wow, one of my absolute favorites among local side dishes, especially when is made during hot summer season in a family circle to enjoy along with some roasted meat at a family dinner. By the way, it is insanely good in a salad, accompanied with bell peppers, cabbage, cucumbers and stuff. Light, spicy and crunchy.
Wow this is soo interesting!
This version of carrot salad sounds good to me and definitely healthier than the standard carrot salad most people grow up with (carrots, mayonnaise and raisins) or the version I made once, because a had some mango chutney but no mayonnaise.🤘
thank you
omg Beryl. I think I'm falling in love. For the first time many years. It's a good feeling. Love the shorts by the way. (she lives on the other side of the world but we'll work it out)
Very interesting. My mom grew up in Kyrgyzstan and she told me that a traditional dish from there was Korean (Lagman, my favourite dish 😋). Now this information makes sense to me. 😉
There is a korean actor called Park Solomon and he's ethnically Korean but from Uzbekistan...I'm he's a Koreo Saram now!
Hi Beryl, First of all , I want to say I love your videos and willingness to eat anything. But I'm truly curious in your adventurous spirit have you ever had a food hurt your tummy or just disagree with you in general? Or something you still dislike? Due to stomach problems I've had to adjust my diet a lot. So I really enjoy watching you live adventurously in the food world! 🥰
"koryo saram" it's just "people from Korea" or rather "people from Koryo/Goryo" (how Korea was called back then) in Korean. Really interesting they got that name
Awesome! I definitely didn't know that but love the salad. It's just not spicy in the version my mom makes
It's delicious!
I love but i don't know where to get spices for it here in Switzerland
I remember eating so much of this carrot salad as a side with sushi, that I became even sick of it for years, but now you reawoke my love for this stuff again!
It's prob popular in a lot of the former soviet union countries, here in estonia its also quite popular
I don't know anyone from the former soviet countries, who doesn't know this salat! But I am pretty sure nearly no-one knows the history, that will be a new info, that will be discussed at my grandmas dinner table 😅🙌
As a Russian I love this dish so much, I can eat a lot of it 👌 When I found out about the topic of Korean Russians it was so cool to find out this dish has Korean roots!
I live in Russia, one time I saw that salad on a super market, I bought it, and I loved it!! Thanks for tell the whole story!! 🥕🥕 I'm craving a salad
You have so found your niche. Way to take a negative (job loss) and turning it into a positive. Positive content that united the world through food.
My Ukrainian MIL makes this all the time, one of my favs
I wish I had a spiralizer so I can get that texture for carrots.
Love this salad! One of my favourite ways to eat it is to add it to the hot dog. Soooo yummy
It's very similar to West Indian gajrachi koshimbir/ kachumbar
I’ve been eating this for a while in Mexico. We call it sancocho
In Estonia this salad is popular too. I gave it to try to my Korean ex & asked if they have it in Korea cos they call it Korean carrot salad. He said its not Korean but tastes like it could be haha
Koryo saram literally means people of koryo (koryo was the dynasty in korea peninsula, cmiiw)
Beryl is such a genuine person!! It’s so hard to find people out there that are like her who care about other cultures and their history!! Food wise or not people don’t care about history anymore which I think is important!!
I totally agree! History is never dead it effects how we see and understand the world today!
I'm from the southern USA and carrot salad was a delicious addition to our meals in the 50's.
I love this salad and recommend it as well. Better do it fresh, without all the preservatives in bought salads. I wonder, why they had no cabbage? It was an usual product in the USSR as well.
I'm french and I had no idea this wasn't like... Common all round the world? Like a cabbage salade or a salade salade?
Are those peppermint butler earrings??😍
Yes indeed they are 😈
Please send receipe...thank you
I remember this story from 2 days 1 night and it was a heartbreaking history
It's funny how most Koreans don't know about this! Russians who visit Korea sometimes looks for the carrot salad and are surprised to find we don't have them here 😂
Great history there too! I'd like to add that back in those days, kimchi made from cabbage were VERY rare. Cabbage became available in Korea only at the beginning of 1900s, and even then, initially it was so expensive that only the royal family or nobles could afford to eat kimchi made from cabbage.
The common folks of Joseon mostly made kimchi from radish, which is indeed quite similar to carrots.
Beryl, you are truly a gift to this world. 🥹👍🏾
Recipes??
I have many Russian friends and have had the privelege of traveling to Russia twice in a teaching capacity. The Russian salad that I was exposed to was by way of a friend originally from Azerbaijan who moved to Russia and now lives here in the US. It is simple, shredded carrots, a generous amount of mayonaise, salt and pepper and a LOT of minced garlic! My family loves it!
it is a popular toping for hot dogs in russia
Food history time!
Interesting… I heard the term “Goryeo saram” (고려사람) for the first time in China for ethnic Koreans. Never thought I’d be hearing about it in the context of Stalin and Russian history
It took me a sec to understand when you koryo sarram (means korean person) I almost didn't understand because of the way you pronounced it lol!!!!🤣🤣🤣 Also funny thing is in modern Korean, you would say hanguk sarram. Koryo is an older kingdom of Korea.
Hi! Koryo Saram (고려사람) and Koryoin (고려인) are terms used to describe ethnic Koreans living in former Soviet countries. Similarly, Joseonjok (조선족) is a term for ethnic Koreans. Both terms are commonly used in South Korea. As an aside, North Koreans still refer to the Korean Peninsula as Joseon (조선).
I’m one of them, I live in the US!
This reminds me of the authentic Cuban sandwich which was created here in Florida by Cubans and has spread all over the country.
One of Russia's most legendary rock musicians was Viktor Tsoi, who was Koryo-saram on his father's side (his mother was an ethnic Russian). He was widely considered a brilliant musician and songwriter and well-respected in the Soviet indie rock scene in the 1980s. He died tragically young at only 28, when he was killed in a car crash. It's believed he fell asleep at the wheel.