Doenjang 's a traditional Korean fermented soybean paste. Its name literally means "thick paste" in Korean. Production To produce doenjang, dried soybeans are boiled and stone-ground into coarse bits. This paste's then formed into blocks, which are called meju . The blocks are then exposed to sunlight or warm place like a heated room to be dried and to be put the Bacillus subtillis in the air or in the dried rice plants during which soybeans initial fermentation process begins. The Bacillus sub… (More on Doenjang)