The best kinds of Korean tteok (rice cakes)
The top 3 according to 1 vote: Injeolmi · Songpyeon · Garaetteok. (Updated Apr 13, 2021.)
Songpyeon, injeolmi, garaetteok, baekseolgi and sirutteok: the rice cakes of Korean holidays and celebrations.
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Top 16
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1
Injeolmi
Pounded glutinous rice coated in roasted soybean flour.
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2
Songpyeon
Half-moon rice cakes made for Chuseok, filled with sesame, beans or chestnut.
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3
Garaetteok
Long white cylinders used in the New Year soup tteokguk.
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4
Baekseolgi
Steamed white rice cake served at 100-day and first birthdays.
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5
Sirutteok
Layers of rice flour and red bean steamed in an earthenware steamer.
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6
Kkultteok
Small rice cakes with a honey or sugar filling.
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7
Jeolpyeon
Flat rice cakes stamped with patterns.
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8
Jeungpyeon
Rice cake leavened with makgeolli.
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9
Ssuktteok
Green rice cake made with mugwort.
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10
Chapssaltteok
Round glutinous rice cake filled with red bean.
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11
Gaepi-tteok
Half-moon cakes with filling, also called baram-tteok.
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12
Yaksik
Sweet glutinous rice with jujubes, chestnuts, pine nuts and honey.
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13
Hwajeon
Pan-fried rice cakes topped with flowers like azalea.
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14
Gyeongdan
Glutinous rice balls coated in toppings.
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15
Mujigae-tteok
Steamed rice cake in rainbow-coloured layers.
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16
Manggae-tteok
Rice cake wrapped in sarsaparilla leaves, from Uiryeong.
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