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Meju

Meju (Korean: 메주) is a brick of dried fermented soybeans. While not consumed on its own, it serves as the basis of several Korean condiments, such as doenjang (soybean paste), ganjang (soy sauce), and gochujang (chili paste). Meju is produced by pounding, kneading, and shaping cooked soybeans, and undergoes fermentation with Aspergillus oryzae and/or…

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Associated cuisine
Korean cuisine
Hangul
메주
IPA
[me.dʑu]
Main ingredients
Soybeans
MR
meju
Place of origin
Korea

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Meju

Nodes55
Edges54
Triples43
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.036364
Components1

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Meju

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related to Preparation · 21
Meju → About, Aspergillus, August, Bacillus, Cooked, December, Fungi, However, If, In Sunchang, Korean, November, October, September, Soybeans, The, They, Traditionally, US, Well
related to Etymology · 11
Meju → Characters, Chinese, Collection, Earlier, Korea, Middle Korean, Song, The, Things, Training, Unenlightened
Associated cuisine · 1
Meju → Korean cuisine
Hangul · 1
Meju → 메주
IPA · 1
Meju → [me.dʑu]
Main ingredients · 1
Meju → Soybeans
MR · 1
Meju → meju
Place of origin · 1
Meju → Korea
RR · 1
Meju → meju

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soybeans korean doenjang ganjang fermented rice soy gochujang 메주 book made cooked bacillus subtilis korea also aspergillus recorded historical text

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MejuAssociated cuisineKorean cuisine1.00infobox
MejuHangul메주1.00infobox
MejuIPA[me.dʑu]1.00infobox
MejuMain ingredientsSoybeans1.00infobox
MejuMRmeju1.00infobox
MejuPlace of originKorea1.00infobox
MejuRRmeju1.00infobox
Concise Reference for Famine Reliefinstance ofJoseon texts0.80text
Revisedinstance ofJoseon texts0.80text
Augmented Farm Management contain the detailed procedures on how to make meju for good quality ganjanginstance ofJoseon texts0.80text
doenjanginstance ofJoseon texts0.80text
Mejurelated to EtymologyThe0.60section

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