Korean Garae-tteok Recipe
Garae-tteok is a type of rice cake that is popular in both South and North Korea. It is small in size and is distinguished by its unique cylindrical shape.
Ingredients
Wet mills rice flour
- Short grain rice – 2 ½ cups
Garae-tteok
- Wet-milled rice flour – 2 cups
- Cornstarch – 1 tbsp
- Fine salt – 1 tsp
- Boiling water – 2/3 cups
- Sesame oil – ½ tsp
Instructions
Wet Milled Rice Flour
- Rinse the 2.5 cups of short grain rice until the water drains clear.
- In a bowl, cover the rice with water and soak it overnight or for 12 hours.
- Drain the water and allow the rice to air dry for an hour.
- Grind the rice in a food processor until the it turns into fine powder. Scrape the sides of the food processor as needed. This step can take several minutes.
- Divide the rice flour into 2 or 3 portions for ease and sift each portion into a bowl. Remove any clumps or unground rice grains.
- Sift the flour a second time. If there are too much unground rice grains, put them back into the food processor and grind them again until they are fine.
Garae-tteok
- Combine 2 cups wet milled rice flour, cornstarch, fine salt and 2/3 cups of boiling water into a bowl and mix well.
- Cover the steamer with baking paper or a clean tea towel and place the rice flour mixture on top.
- Close the lid and steam it for 20 minutes over high heat.
- Cover a cutting board with a silicone baking mat or a few layers of cling wrap to prevent the rice cake sticking to it.
- Place the steamed rice cake dough on the mat and knead using gloved hands as the dough will be quite sticky. Keep in mind the dough will also be hot to the touch.
- Pound the dough with a pestle for 5 minutes to give the rice cake a nice elastic texture.
- Divide the dough evenly into 5 pieces.
- Pour the sesame oil on to your palms and gently rub onto the rice cakes.
- Roll the rice cake into thin logs about ½ inch diameter.
- Cut the rice cake into 4-inch-long pieces (about little finger sized).
Nutrition
Calories: 430kcalCarbohydrates: 93gProtein: 7gFat: 2gSodium: 584mgFiber: 2g
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