Asian cuisine,Tteokguktteok

Korean cuisine originated from prehistoric traditions in the Korean peninsula  evolving through a complex interaction of environmental, political, and cultural trends.
Korean cuisine is largely based upon rice, vegetables, and meats. Traditional Korean meals are noted for the number of side dishes (banchan) that accompany steam-cooked short-grain rice. Kimchi is served often, sometimes at every meal. Commonly used ingredients include sesame oil, doenjang (fermented bean paste), soy sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes and gochujang (fermented red chili paste).
Ingredients and dishes vary by province. Many regional dishes have become national, and dishes that were once regional have proliferated in different variations across the country. The Korean royal court cuisine once brought all of the unique regional specialties together for the royal family. Meals are regulated by Korean cultural etiquette

Tteokguktteok,Dish for Celebrating Korean New Year's Day

 

 

Unlike other cultures, in Korean culture, soup is served as part of the main course rather than at the beginning or the end of the meal, as an accompaniment to rice along with other banchan. Soups known as guk are often made with meats, shellfish and vegetables. Soups can be made into more formal soups known as tang, often served as the main dish of the meal. Jjigae are a thicker, heavier seasoned soups or stews.

 

 

 

 

  Ingredients (for serving 4 persons) :

 

five sticks of gartaetteok (800g), 800g soup bone, 800g beef, one egg, soy sauce, one spring onion, 1 tablespoon minced garlic, a sheet of toasted laver

 

METHOD

 

1. Slice the tteok into round pieces.

2. Put the soup bone in cold water to wash blood off the soup bone.

3. Boil the soup bone for several hours until the soup turns white. While boiling the soupbone, add the beef and boil with the soup bone.

4. Take the beef out of the soup and mince it. Spice the minced beef with the following seasonings: one spoonful of soy sauce, two teaspoons sesame oil, a little ground pepper

5. Take the bone out of the soup and continue to boil after adding minced garlic and soy sauce.

6. Add sliced tteok

7. When the tteok is cooked enough, add egg and green onion.

8. Serve it in a bowl with cooked beef and laver on top.

 

 

                 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

                      FROM : JOO YOEN-SUNG