Chapssaltteok
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Chapssaltteok is a Korean dessert that consists of rice cakes filled with sweet bean paste
. The cakes themselves are made from either pounded rice (메떡, metteok), pounded glutinous rice
(찰떡, chaltteok), or glutinous rice
left whole, without pounding (약식, yaksik) . It is a variant of tteok
and is similar to Japanese mochi.
Sweet bean paste
Sweet bean paste is a food ingredient used in several Asian cuisines. Within Chinese cuisine, it is primarily used as a filling for sweet desserts and Chinese pastry.- Production :...
. The cakes themselves are made from either pounded rice (메떡, metteok), pounded glutinous rice
Glutinous rice
Glutinous rice is a type of short-grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It is called glutinous Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa or Oryza glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice, botan rice, biroin chal, mochi rice, and pearl rice, and pulut) is a...
(찰떡, chaltteok), or glutinous rice
Glutinous rice
Glutinous rice is a type of short-grained Asian rice that is especially sticky when cooked. It is called glutinous Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa or Oryza glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice, waxy rice, botan rice, biroin chal, mochi rice, and pearl rice, and pulut) is a...
left whole, without pounding (약식, yaksik) . It is a variant of tteok
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...
and is similar to Japanese mochi.