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Tteok (Korean: 떡) is a general term for Korean rice cakes.They are made with steamed flour of various grains, [1] especially glutinous and non-glutinous rice.Steamed flour can also be pounded, shaped, or pan-fried to make tteok.
Tteokbokki (Korean: 떡볶이), [pronunciation?] or simmered rice cake, is a popular Korean food made from small-sized garae-tteok (long, white, cylinder-shaped rice cakes) called tteokmyeon (떡면; lit.
Tteok is derived from the Middle Korean sdeok ( ), which appears in Worin seokbo, a 1459 biography and eulogy of the Buddha. [4] [5] The word chaltteok is a compound consisting of the attributive adjective chal (찰), meaning "glutinous," and tteok. [6]
Tteok is a class of Korean cakes mostly made with glutinous rice flour (also known as sweet rice or chapssal). Tteok is usually divided into four categories: "Steamed tteok" (찌는 떡, 甑 餠), "Pounded tteok" (치는 떡, 搗 餠), "Boiled tteok" (삶는 떡 搗 餠) and "Pan-fried tteok" (지지는 떡 油 煎 餠).
Sirutteok (시루떡), steamed tteok; Duteop tteok (두텁떡) - a variety of royal court tteok (궁중떡), is covered 3 layers - duteop powder [outside, made of black-line white bean (흰팥)], sweet rice [middle], and variety nuts and fruits [inside, including chestnut, date (jujube), pinenut, yuja, duteop-so]
Garae-tteok (가래떡) is a long, cylindrical tteok (rice cake) made with non-glutinous rice flour. [1] [2] Grilled garae-tteok is sometimes sold as street food. [3]Thinly (and usually diagonally) sliced garae-tteok is used for making tteokguk (rice cake soup), a traditional dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. [4]
Sirutteok (Korean: 시루떡) is a type of Korean rice cake traditionally made by steaming rice or glutinous rice flour in a "siru" (시루).. The Siru is an earthenware steaming vessel that dates back to the late bronze age of the Korean northern peninsula and the use of the utensil spread to the entire peninsula by the time of the Three Kingdoms (57 B.C.E-676) in which the popularity of siru ...
Mujigae-tteok (Korean: 무지개떡) or rainbow rice cake is a layered tteok (rice cake) of different colors resembling a rainbow. [1] It is used for special occasions such as a banquet, party, or feast like doljanchi (first birthday), hwangapjanchi (60th birthday).