Garae-tteok

 ( Street Food In South Korea ) 

Garae-tteok () is a long, cylindrical tteok (rice cake) made with non-glutinous Japonica rice flour. Grilled garae-tteok is sometimes sold as street food.

Thinly (and usually diagonally) sliced garae-tteok is used for making tteokguk (rice cake soup), a traditional dish eaten during the celebration of the Korean New Year. The world record of the longest garaetteok was achieved in Dangjin, South Korea in 2018, with .

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Preparation It is traditionally made by steaming non-glutinous rice flour in siru (steamer), pounding it and rolling it between the palms and the table or rolling it between the palms. The method forms a thick, cylindrical rice cake, around in diameter. Hand-rolled garae-tteok is not uniform in size and has variations of thickness along its length.

Modern garae-tteok is usually made by Food extrusion the steamed rice flour with garae-tteok machines.

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See also

• Tteok-bokki

Categories: Street Food In South Korea, Tteok

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