Can perilla leaves be fried and dried for storage

What to eat with perilla leaves?

Prepare a Korean barbecue feast at home with these sweet-and-salty grilled short ribs, plus all the fixings you'll need to eat them in ssam, or lettuce wraps. A beloved staple in Korean cooking, perilla leaves have an intense aroma and flavor. Here’s how to shop for, store, and cook with them.

What are perilla leaves?

Often sold as "sesame leaves," perilla leaves are an aromatic, intensely flavored herb. Here's our guide. If you live in an area with a big Asian community then you've probably seen little old Asian ladies hawking produce on the side of the road. They stand out in the hot sun selling produce at very cheap prices, and they are there day after day.

What to do with perilla leaves?

The leaves are used fresh as ssam (wraps) at Korean barbecues. When prepared in a variety of other ways, they also make some great banchan. Perilla leaves can be pickled a couple ways: soy-sauce-based jangajji or gochugaru -seasoned kimchi. Either approach produces a stack of softened leaves sticking to each other.

What are perilla plants used for?

But it’s in Korean food where the love for the perilla plant dominates, with a smattering of uses from top to bottom. Deulkkae, the seeds, are toasted, then sprinkled into soups or pressed into oil. The leaves are used fresh as ssam (wraps) at Korean barbecues. When prepared in a variety of other ways, they also make some great banchan.

What does perilla taste like?

The flavor of perilla, grassy with notes of anise or licorice, is pleasing like any other herb. The real advantage is their size. You can do more with the bigger leaves than just chop them up and use them as a garnish (though doing so is perfectly acceptable and delicious).

Do Korean women sell perilla leaves?

They stand out in the hot sun selling produce at very cheap prices, and they are there day after day. Right now the Korean ladies are selling stacks of perilla leaves, though if you go to any Korean grocery store, you'll see them being sold as sesame leaves. I don't understand why they refer to perilla leaves as sesame leaves, but they do.