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Glutinous-rice cake

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What exactly is it?

The common filled form has a stretchy sticky-rice wrapper around sweet red-bean paste. Powder keeps the outside from sticking. Cream- and fruit-filled versions differ from the basic bean-filled cake, including in their storage needs.

Main ingredients

Sticky-rice flour, sweet red-bean paste and sugar; variants may contain mugwort, cream or fruit

Ordering and serving

Check refrigeration advice for fruit- or cream-filled cakes. Divide the sticky wrapper into small bites.

Origins and changes

Although the term can broadly mean sticky-rice cake, shops often use it for a round bean-filled product. Mugwort dough and newer fillings have expanded it into several dessert styles.

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Glutinous-rice cake

찹쌀떡

Main ingredients
Sticky-rice flour, sweet red-bean paste and sugar; variants may contain mugwort, cream or fruit
Flavor and character
The common filled form has a stretchy sticky-rice wrapper around sweet red-bean paste. Powder keeps the outside from sticking. Cream- and fruit-filled versions differ from the basic bean-filled cake, including in their storage needs.
How to eat it
Check refrigeration advice for fruit- or cream-filled cakes. Divide the sticky wrapper into small bites.
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Injeolmi

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Main ingredients
Sticky rice, salt and soybean, red-bean or mung-bean coating; optional mugwort
Flavor and character
Steamed sticky rice is pounded, cut and coated with soybean powder or another grain coating. The flavor comes from the outside rather than a filled center. Stretchy rice cake contrasts with the loose powder, and mugwort makes a green version.
How to eat it
Chew one small piece thoroughly. Avoid taking a large mouthful of sticky cake and dry powder at once.
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