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Korean name
Hangul	부각
Revised Romanization	bugak
McCune–Reischauer	pugak
IPA	[pu.ɡak̚]

*Bugak*
	Dasima-bugak (deep-fried kelp)
Type	Fritter
Place of origin	Korea
Associated cuisine	Korean cuisine
	Media: Bugak;

Bugak (부각) is a variety of vegetarian twigim (deep-fried dish) in Korean cuisine.^[1] It is made by deep frying dried vegetables or seaweed coated with chapssal-pul (찹쌀풀; glutinous rice paste) and then drying them again.^[2] It is eaten as banchan (accompaniment to cooked rice) or anju (accompaniment to alcoholic beverages). Common ingredients are green chili peppers, perilla leaves, perilla inflorescence, camellia leaves, chrysanthemum leaves, burdock leaves, tree of heaven shoots, potatoes, gim (laver), and dasima (kelp). Vegetable oils such as perilla oil or soybean oil are typically used for frying.^[3]

Bugak is a relatively rare culinary technique in Korean cuisine, along with dasima twigak (튀각; deep fried vegetables without coating). It is often associated with Korean temple cuisine.^[3]^[4]

Varieties

dangeun-bugak (당근부각) – made with carrots
dasima-bugak (다시마부각) – made with kelp
deulkkae-songi-bugak (들깨송이부각) – made with perilla inflorescence
dongbaek-ip-bugak (동백잎부각) – made with camellia leaves
dureup-bugak (두릅부각) – made with angelica tree shoots
eumnamu-sun-bugak (음나무순부각) – made with castor aralia shoots
gajuk-bugak (가죽부각) – made with tree of heaven shoots
gamja-bugak (감자부각) – made with potatoes
gamnnip-bugak (감잎부각) – made with persimmon leaves
gim-bugak (김부각) – made with laver
gochu-bugak (고추부각) – made with green chili peppers
gukhwa-ip-bugak (국화잎부각) – made with chrysanthemum leaves
kkaennip-bugak (깻잎부각) – made with perilla leaves
mosi-ip-bugak (모시잎부각) – made with ramie leaves
ogapi-ip-bugak (오가피잎부각) – made with eleuthero leaves
parae-bugak (파래부각) – made with green laver
ssuk-bugak (쑥부각) – made with Korean mugwort
ueong-ip-bugak (우엉잎부각) – made with burdock

Gallery

Gim-bugak (deep fried seaweed)
Gochu-bugak (deep fried chili peppers)
Dureup-bugak (deep fried angelica tree shoots) with chal-jeonbyeong (glutinous rice pancakes)