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gim (김)
What is it?
Dried and toasted sheets of seaweed, eaten as a snack, wrapped around rice, or used as a garnish. One of the most everyday ingredients in Korean cooking, present at almost every meal in some form.
Seaweed
Related Terms
gimbap (김밥)
dasima (다시마)
gwamegi (과메기)
temaki (手巻き)
nori (海苔)
gim-ssam (김쌈)
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