Function to 'activate' images. Function to 'deactivate' images. Tricolored Vegetables Fresh vegetables are a staple in the Korean diet. Among the best loved are broad bellflower root, bracken, and spinach. Bellflower root and bracken are softened in boiling water, then sauteed with seasonings.
Spinach is gently steamed and seasoned with garlic, green onions and a touch of sesame oil and salt.
The three vegetables are often served together at weddings, funerals and ancestral rites, and at holiday meals. The combination of colors, flavors and texture is important to Koreans, and it is no coincidence that three vegetables are served together. As in so many things, the combination of three elements reflects the traditional belief in the innate influence of the heavens, earth and man on all things.