Ssuk Beomul Tteok (Korean Mugwort Rice Cake)
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Ssuk Beomul Tteok (Korean Mugwort Rice Cake)
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Ssuk Beomul is a easy and light (much less carbs than regular tteok) steamed rice cake that can be made at home.
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Ingredients
- 100 g Mugwort (Ssuk)
- 300 g Frozen Moist Short Grain Rice Flour aka Maepssal Garu/Tteok Ssalgaru.
- 2.5 to 3 Tbs sugar use 2.5 Tbs if adding sweet canned chestnuts
- 1/8 tsp sea salt
- 2 Tbs water
- 6 each chestnuts in syrup
- 5-6 each dried jujube dates Daechu 대추
Instructions
- Drain chestnuts from the can and discard the syrup. Cut into smaller pieces. I usually cut into quarters or more.
- Remove pits from dried Jujube dates by cutting around the pit. And then roll the piece and cut crosswise which will look like a flower! Watch my video!
- Store-bought wet tteok flour (comes frozen) aka Seupsik Ssalgaru 습식 쌀가루/Tteok Ssalgaru 떡 쌀가루/Maepssal Garu 멥쌀가루. If you don't have access to frozen wet rice flour, you can make your own at home by following the instructions in THIS POST.
- Prepare steamer - in a rice cooker pot (6 cup size or bigger), add 1 1/4 cup water, then a steamer basket or if you have a steamer insert that comes with your rice cooker, use that. Line it with a wet Korean hemp (삼베 sambae) steam liner or a silicon fine mesh liner for tteok. Alternatively, you can use a standard bamboo steamer on stovetop OR Instant Pot as I did for my Songpyeon post.
- Add the tteok rice flour in a bowl, add salt and add about 1.5 Tbs to 2 Tbs of water per 300 grams of wet rice flour. Mix all the flour and water by mixing and rubbing flour in between your hands so rice flour is evenly wet but has no clumps.
- TEST the tteok mix by grabbing a handful and closing your fist to make a lump in your hand. Then toss the lumped flour gently in your hand. If the lumped mixture easily breaks apart into powdered form, you need to add a bit more water. Maybe add about 1/2 Tbs more at most. Try again and if the clumped log keeps its shape, then it's sufficiently wet. If not, add a little bit more water. It should just be a wet mix but still breaks apart easily if you wanted it to. Watch my video on how I do this.
- Add sugar to wet flour and mix again with your hands.
- Rinse Ssuk (mugwort) in water 2-3 times and remove any tough stems. Let the rinsed leaves drain in a colander but we still want the leaves to be quite wet so do not let it dry out.
- In a big bowl, add the wet mugwort leaves, then the flour mixture from 3. Gently toss the mugwort with flour so they are all evenly coated.
- Now, into the prepared rice cooker pot with the steamer liner lined up (from step 1), spread about 1/2 of the rice flour coated ssuk.
- Top with cut chestnuts and cut up jujube dates or jujube flowers like I did here.
- Repeat - add the coated Ssuk leaves and then finish by topping with chestnuts and jujube dates.
- Take a set of thick wooden chopsticks or the back of a spoon and dig a hole in the center and swirl it around to make a hole so the steam is evenly distributed during cooking.
- Now, cover the top with parchment paper. (cut out a circle) And then wrap the sides with leftover hemp liner.
- Put in the rice cooker and set the steam (만능찜 Man-neung-jjim) function. It should steam for 30 min. Once cooked, remove from rice cooker and transfer to a plate and serve!
Notes
- Be sure to use frozen moist Maepssal-garu/Tteok ssalgaru (short grain rice flour) or make your own by following my instructions HERE.
- Steam in the Instant Pot or in a bamboo steamer on stovetop if you don't have access to a pressure rice cooker.
- Add nuts like pine nuts or walnuts for an additional nutty flavor.
- STORAGE - Maepssal Tteok gets hard and dry within a day. If you are not going to eat it the same day, it would be best to freeze it and reheat in the microwave or steamer.
- Serve with some wonderful Korean tea like Chrysanthemum or Persimmon Tea - check out my wonderful Korean tea selection in my Kimchimari Shop!
Nutrition Information
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Calories
160kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
35g
(12%)
Protein
3g
(6%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Sodium
28mg
(1%)
Potassium
36mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
4g
(8%)
Vitamin A
1IU
(0%)
Vitamin C
1mg
(1%)
Calcium
5mg
(1%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 160 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 160kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 35g | 12% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 28mg | 1% |
| Potassium | 36mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 4g | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 1IU | 0% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 5mg | 1% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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