Beondegi

Beondegi (번데기), literally "pupa", is a Korean street food made with silkworm pupae.[1] It is usually sold from street vendors. The boiled or steamed snack food is served in paper cups with toothpick skewers.[2]

Beondegi

Course	Street food
Place of origin	Korea
Associated national cuisine	Korean cuisine
Main ingredients	Silkworm pupae
Similar dishes	Nhộng tằm
Cookbook: Beondegi   Media: Beondegi

Korean name
Hangul	번데기
Revised Romanization	beondegi
McCune–Reischauer	pŏndegi
IPA	[pʌn.de.ɡi]

Canned beondegi can also be found in grocery stores and convenience stores.

Silkmoth pupae are also eaten in a number of other cultures.

• In Assam, they are boiled for extracting silk and the boiled pupae are eaten directly with salt or fried with chili pepper or herbs as a snack or dish.[3]
• In China, street vendors sell roasted silkmoth pupae.
• In Japan, silkworms are usually served as a tsukudani (佃煮), i.e., boiled in a sweet-sour sauce made with soy sauce and sugar.
• In Vietnam, this is known as con nhộng.
• In Thailand, silkworm pupae (ดักแด้ไหม, /dàk.dɛ̂ː.mǎj/), usually deep-fried, are often sold at open markets. They are also sold as packaged snacks.
• Silkworms have also been proposed for cultivation by astronauts as space food on long-term missions.[4]

Gallery

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  Beondegi sold by a street vendor
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  Canned beondegi

References

1. Pettid, Michael J. (2008). Korean Cuisine: An Illustrated History. London: Reaktion Books. p. 173. ISBN 978-1-86189-348-2.
2. Kraig, Bruce; Sen, Colleen Taylor, eds. (2013). Street Food around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 320. ISBN 978-1-59884-954-7.
3. "10 Weird Foods in India - Eri polu". February 2013.
4. Choi, Charles Q. (13 January 2009). "Care for a Silkworm With Your Tang?". ScienceNOW Daily News. Archived from the original on 25 February 2011. Retrieved 14 January 2009.