the wonders of a food named tteok

Team

One of the great advertisements for Korea is the food here. On most occasions, it simply is very very delicious indeed. And you have so many different varieties, kinds, and tastes of food going on that its hard to keep up with at times lol. You have it all here - Noodles, Kimchi, vegetables, exotic dishes, its all here. Heck even their snack food is great. And its on that note that I would like to talk about a delightful little snack food I had today. That food is called Tteok.

Tteok is basically a rice cake, usually in the form of Chapssal ( sweet rice ), and is made by steaming. Tteok is as common in Korea as say Chocolate is in the west, and it can come in many different forms, the most noteable being Pine nut, Jujube, mugwort, red bean paste and sesame seed.

Heres a pic to show you what Tteok is




Thanks to derrlen and youtube for this.

Hehehe maybe I dont need to show any more pics now because you have seen a few there !!!!

Oh well I will tell you some more anyway.

Tteok generally comes in 4 forms - steamed, pounded, shaped or pan fried.

Sirutteok, or steamed Tteok, is made up of sesame seeds, starch, persimmons, peaches, apricots and other fruits, and is generally made by first of all soaking the rice and then grounding it.

This is almost the same way that pounded Tteok is made, except that pounded Tteok also uses coated bean powder.

Tteok is also made to suit certain shapes at times. Some the shapes used include Leaves, and you also have Tteok made with honey also.

Last of all you also have pan fried Tteok, where the Tteok is made in a pancake form.

So there you have it. Team, look. If you ever get near a Korean shop or restaurant, then you gotta ask them to see if you can eat this stuff ! Do it !!! You wont be disappointed thats for sure !!!