Photo by Abigail Massar / The Foothill Dragon Press Tteok is a very broad class of Korean rice cakes, also central to Korean cuisine. There are countless variations and types of tteok, some serving as ...

3. Using a mortar and pestle (or a coffee/spice grinder), pulverize 2 tablespoons of the black sesame seeds into a rough powder. It should smell very fragrant. Add this sesame powder, along with ...

hapafamilytable.com More 9. Tteok What is it?: Chewy rice cakes filled with sweetened sesame seeds, honey, or a sweet red bean paste.

Start by soaking tteok rice cakes in water for 30 minutes, and then drain. Next, pan fry the tteok rice cakes in butter until they become golden brown. Drizzle on some honey, followed by sesame seeds.

Korean rice cakes, Romanized as tteok, are a staple ingredient in the country’s cuisine. Here’s what you need to know about tteok and how to use them.

Tang Yuan and Yuan Xiao is the Chinese counterpart to the Korean tteok and Japanese mochi. This soft rice ball has a sweet, liquid filling of black sesame or peanut paste and is served in hot water.