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''Nurungji'' (hangul: 누룽지) is a traditional Korean food made of scorched rice. After boiling and serving rice, a thin crust of scorched rice will usually be left in the bottom of the cooking pot. This yellowed scorched state is described as 'nureun' (눌은) in Korean and ''nurungji'' derives from this adjective. ''Nurungji'' can be eaten in its crisp state as a snack or as an aftermeal rice tea by adding hot water〔(Nurungji ), Click Korea 〕 or reboiled with water to make ''nureun bap'' (눌은밥) or ''nurungji bap'' (누룽지밥).〔 (Definition of ''nureunbap'' ) from The National Institute of the Korean Language〕 ''Nurungji'' in its broad sense also refers to the crisp crust that forms at the bottom of the pots and pans when cooking various rice dishes such as ''dolsot bibimbap'' (돌솥 비빔밥) and ''bokkeumbap''. ==History== ''Nurungji'' is traditionally known for its medicinal attributes. According to records in the 17th century medical book Dongui Bogam, ''nurungji'' was called ''chwigunban'' (취건반, 炊乾飯) and considered as a remedy "when food does not swallow easily, upsets the stomach and induces vomiting".〔 (Nurungji is medicine ), Gwangju Dream 2009-11-03 〕 It is also being lauded as a well-being (sic) food in South Korea.〔 (Well-being food, nurungji is back! ), Donga Ilbo 2009-10-19〕 South Korean companies made ''nurungji'' available in a various pre-packaged forms around the mid-2000s.〔 Besides sweet fried ''nurungji'' snacks and instant ''nurungji'' to make ''nureunbap'', many ''nurungji'' flavor products were also developed such as candies and tea.〔 (Nurungji ) at Doosan Encyclopedia〕 ''Nurungi'' is also being used as an ingredient for a variety of new dishes like ''nurungji'' ''baeksuk'' and ''nurungji'' pizza.〔 Mentions of ''nurungji'' in folklore is common, the most famous being a folk song recognizing the difficulties of memorizing the Thousand Character Classic. The lines are changed from the original chant to a clever rhyme that loosely translates into "sky ''cheon'' (天), earth ''ji'' (地), ''nurungji'' in the ''gamasot'' (cauldron pot)". (Korean: "하늘 천, 따 지, 가마 솥에 누룽지").〔 ("Sky ''cheon'', earth ''ji''" ), Hankook Ilbo 2010-05-28 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nurungji」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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