List of tteok varieties


This is a list of varieties of tteok, traditional rice cakes in Korean cuisine.

Steamed ''tteok''

  • Sirutteok, steamed tteok
  • Duteop tteok - a variety of royal court tteok, is covered 3 layers - duteop powder, sweet rice, and variety nuts and fruits
  • Baekseolgi – a variety of siru tteok. It literally means "white snow tteok", and is made of white rice and whole raisins
  • Kongtteoktteok made with various kinds of beans
  • Jeungpyeontteok made with makgeolli
  • Mujigae tteok – literally "rainbow tteok"; this variety of tteok has colorful stripes. The tteok is used especially for janchi, Korean banquet, party, or feast like dol, Hwangap, or gyeonhon janchi.

Pounded ''tteok''

Shaped ''tteok''

  • Kkul tteok – literally means "honey" but this tteok is stuffed with Korean syrup. Ggul tteok is similar to songpyeon in shape, but smaller in size
  • Songpyeon – eaten during the Chuseok holiday
  • Gochitteok - made with strawberry powder, Artemisia princeps var. orientalis and gardenia seeds
  • Ssamtteoktteok used for ssam
  • Dalgal tteok – named after the Korean word for egg
  • Gyeongdan – inside these rice balls are usually azuki bean or sesame paste. Then they are usually dipped and covered in black sesame or other powders.
  • Bupyeon – consists of a dough made from glutinous rice flour with a sweet filling that is covered with gomul, a kind of powdered bean.

Pan-fried ''tteok''

Non-rice ''tteok''

  • Tteok-galbi is made of formed minced rib meat, or galbi. The name literally translates to "cake ribs" and is a metaphorical reference to the process of kneading and shaping rice-based tteok.