For those of you who often watch Korean movies or dramas, surely you are familiar with one of the foods named tteokbokki. Foods that are the main ingredients of rice cakes mixed with spicy sauce are indeed very popular in Korea and sold in many food stores.
For those of you who do not know about Tteokbokki, so you know its origin, take a moment to read the history of Tteokbokki
Tteokbokki is one of the typical Korean food that has existed since the Joseon dynasty. It is said that at that time tteokbokki not red and has a spicy feel like today. At that time the Korean people call it gungjung tteokboki and with brown color and it tends to bargain.
In the Japanese colonial period, has begun to be known a new spice called gochujang or spicy pasta made from chili. Spices are then widely used for making tteokbokki so that finally the color and it becomes as we know today that is red and spicy.
After knowing the history and origin, now let's begin the process of making it. First of all let us prepare the ingredients first. These ingredients will be divided into three kinds namely to make garaetteok, sauce seasoning, and the main ingredients.
After knowing the history and origin, now let's begin the process of making it. First of all let us prepare the ingredients first. These ingredients will be divided into three kinds namely to make garaetteok, sauce seasoning, and the main ingredients.
Materials needed for garaetteok:
350 grams of rice flour
120 ml of water
1 tsp salt
1 tablespoon sesame oil
Seasoning ingredients:
2 tbsp gochujang or Korean chili paste
1 teaspoon chili powder or can also use ½ tsp chili powder locally
1 tablespoon granulated sugar
The main ingredient:
500 gram garaetteok (if you do not want to make it yourself)
500 ml of water
1 cloves of cut onion
2 pieces of chopped onion
250 grams of fish cake cut into 5cm sizes
200 grams of carrots cut with a length of 5cm