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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. rice cake noodles) or commonly tteokbokki-tteok (떡볶이 떡; lit. tteokbokki rice cakes).
Tteok offered to spirits is called boktteok ("good fortune rice cake") and shared with neighbours and relatives. It is also one of the celebratory foods used in banquets, rites, and various festive events. Tteokguk ("rice cake soup") is shared to celebrate Korean New Year and songpyeon is shared on Chuseok, a harvest festival.
It is a type of tteok, small rice cakes, and variety of fillings are used—some include red bean paste, toasted sesame seeds, and chestnuts. Songpyeon is traditionally eaten during the Korean autumn harvest festival, Chuseok, where it is often prepared by families at home. It is a popular symbol of traditional Korean culture.
In Vietnam, Lunar New Year celebrations often contain spring rolls, mooncakes, and banh chung/banh tet—sticky rice cakes filled with pork and mung beans, wrapped in banana leaves, and boiled.
Yeot is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot. Hangwa is a general term for Korean traditional confectionery. Common ingredients in hangwa are grain flour, honey, yeot, sugar, fruit or edible root. Dasik
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]
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).
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 ...