A Special Dinner

9/22/10

Today is a holiday in Korea called Choo-Suk (or the Harvest Festival).
In this particular holiday, we make little balls of rice cakes stuffed with
a sesame seed and honey filling called song-pyeon. This is made with regular rice flour, but

we only had sweet rice flour, which is a lot more sticky and watery than

the regular rice flour. So we made.....

In-Jul-Me (인절미)

recipe made by Me!!

This is a simple, easy, and healthy dessert or snack
in Korea. It's naturally low in sugar and it had a good
amount of nutrients in it like protein and fiber!!

ingredients:

3 1/2 c. sweet rice flour (remember!! Sweet rice flour and regular are different!! DO NOT SUBSTITUTE)

1/4 t. salt

3~4 T. sugar, depending on how sweet you want it

1 big ass tablespoon water

1/2 c. roasted soy bean flour

needed materials:
Steam pot

Cotton cloth, preferably made to use rice cakes. (You can find all the ingredients and the materials in your Asian super market nearest to you!!)

Citrus juicer (you'll see why)

This is such a fool-proof thing that your dad can't mess it up.... even if he burns the toast.

Prep: Set the steamer on med. high with the water about 1/4~1/3 of the way up the pot. Cover the pot! Next, wet the cotton rag with water until it is wet, but not dripping. Sprinkle 1 T. of sugar on top of the rag in order for the rice cake to slide out nicely. Set aside.

1. Combine the dry ingredients except the roasted soy bean flour. Mix well

2. Add the water and rub the mixture WITH YOUR HANDS until it makes little pea sized balls or it clumps together well and does not fall apart. 

3. Make clumps of rice flour with your hands and place it on the rag. Repeat with the rest of the mixture.

4. Place in the steamy steam pot and cover for 20~25 min or until it turns out sticky and no flour is left in the clumps. When finished, place the rice cake dough on a wet bowl and let it cool. Mean while, in a shallow dish spread the soy bean flour out. Set aside.

6. With the citrus juicer, almost punch and knead the dough at the same time. Do this for about 5 min. Keep wetting the dough with water also.

7. Wet a large cutting board with water and spread the rice cake dough out. punch it down until it is about a half inch thick. With a watered cutter, cut cubed pieces of rice cakes and put them into the soy bean flour.

-Follow the instructions on the video!!-

Make sure to coat them evenly and serve warm!!!!