Garaetteok
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Garaetteok is a variety of tteok
or Korea
n rice cake
, formed into a long white cylinder shape. It is made by pounding steamed rice flour
, made mostly from non-glutinous rice. It is used in various Korean dishes such as the spicy tteokbokki
and skewered tteok sanjeok. Thinly sliced garaetteok is used for making tteok guk
, the traditional dish to eat for the New Year.
Tteok
Tteok is a class of Korean rice cakes made with glutinous rice flour , by steaming. Normal rice flour can be used for some kinds of tteok. There are hundreds of different kinds of tteok eaten year round...
or Korea
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n rice cake
Rice cake
A rice cake may be any kind of food item made from rice that has been shaped, condensed, or otherwise combined into a single object. A wide variety of rice cakes exist in many different cultures in which rice is eaten, and are particularly prevalent in Asia. The origin of rice cake seems to be...
, formed into a long white cylinder shape. It is made by pounding steamed rice flour
Rice flour
Rice flour is a form of flour made from finely milled rice. It is distinct from rice starch, which is usually produced by steeping rice in lye....
, made mostly from non-glutinous rice. It is used in various Korean dishes such as the spicy tteokbokki
Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki, also known as Ddeokbokki is a popular Korean snack food which is commonly purchased from street vendors or Pojangmacha. Originally it was called tteok jjim , and was a braised dish of sliced rice cake, meat, eggs, and seasoning. Tteok jjim an early variant of modern tteokbokki, was...
and skewered tteok sanjeok. Thinly sliced garaetteok is used for making tteok guk
Tteok guk
Tteokguk is a traditional Korean dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The dish consists of the broth/soup with thinly sliced rice cakes . It is tradition to eat tteokguk on New Year's day because it is believed to grant the consumer luck for the forthcoming year and gain an...
, the traditional dish to eat for the New Year.