Jeolpyeon


Jeolpyeon is a type of tteok made of non-glutinous rice flour. Unlike when making siru-tteok or baekseolgi, the rice flour steamed in siru is pounded into a dough, divided into small pieces, and patterned with a tteoksal. The stamps can be wooden, ceramic, or bangjja, with various patterns including flowers, letters, or a cartwheel. When served, sesame oil is brushed over jeolpyeon.

Varieties

If white seolgi is pounded, it becomes white jeolpyeon. Sometimes, the tteok is steamed and pounded with Korean mugwort, resulting in dark green ssuk-jeolpyeon. Another dark-green jeolpyeon, made with deltoid synurus, is called surichwi-jeolpyeon and is traditionally served during the Dano festival. Pink-colored jeolpyeon, called songgi-jeolpyeon, is made by pounding tteok with pine endodermis.

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