Our Korean Feast also included hot and spicy rice cakes, otherwise known as Tteokbokki.
The centerpiece of this dish are cylindrical rice cakes are called garaetteok. They are made by pounding steamed non-glutinous rice flour.
These rice cakes are so popular in South Korea that the government created Garaetteok Day on November 11 to honor them, complete with the mascots shown above.
Fish cakes are also used for this dish. They are flat sheets that were cut into smaller pieces. They are shown on the right.
Red pepper paste is the other major ingredient in tteokbokki. It provides the reddish color and the zesty taste.
Maangchi has some videos and instructions for making tteokbokki on her blog if you would like additional information.
I thoroughly enjoyed the heartiness of this dish with the rice cakes to fill my belly, and the red pepper paste and fish cakes to tickle my tongue. The dish was definitely zesty, but not really hot.
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