1. Prepare a package of rice powder (2 lbs) usually sold frozen at a Korean grocery store. Just before using it, you must thaw it until the powder is at room temperature.
2. Put rice powder through a sifter to make the powder fine.Tip: If your rice powder is very fine, you can skip sifting. If your rice powder is coarse, you may have to grind it with a food processor or coffee grinder before sifting.
3. Prepare 3 stainless bowls and put 1 cup of finely sifted rice powder into the each bowl. (Bowl A, B, and C)
4. Boil 2 cups of water for your rice dough.
5. Bowl A (white songpyeon): add a pinch of salt and 3 tbs of boiling water and mix it with a wooden spoon. (it’ll be too hot if you use your hands at first) Knead the rice dough for about 5 minutes. Put the dough into a plastic bag and set it aside.
6. Bowl B (pink songpyeon): add a pinch of salt, a pinch of strawberry Jell-o powder, and 3 tbs of boiling water. Mix it with a wooden spoon and knead the rice dough for about 5 minutes. Put the dough into a plastic bag and set it aside.
7. Bowl C (green songpyeon): add a pinch of salt, 1 ts of ssookgaru (mugwort power) and 3.5 tbs boiling water. Mix it with a wooden spoon and knead the rice dough for about 5 minutes. Put the dough into a plastic bag and set it aside.Tip: You will need to add 3.5 tbs of water because of the 1 ts of ssookgaru.
Make the filling:
Roasted sesame seeds powder filling:
1. Grind ¼ cup of roasted sesame seeds using a coffee grinder for 15-20 seconds.
2. Transfer the ground sesame powder into a small bowl and mix it with ¼ cup of brown sugar and a pinch of salt.Tip: if you grind too long, the powder will become sticky from the oil in the seeds.
Mung bean powder filling:
1. Wash and drain ¼ cup of dried and skinned mung beans and put them in a pot with a thick bottom.
2. Add ¼ cup of water and a pinch of salt to the pot and simmer it for 30 minutes.Tip: Be sure not to burn it – simmer over the lowest heat.
3. Open the pot and use your wooden spoon to crush the beans into fine powder.Tip: if you make more than ¼ cup of mung bean powder, you may have to use your grinder or food processor to grind it finely.
4. Transfer the crushed mung bean powder into a small bowl or container and wait until it cools down.
5. Add ¼ cup of white sugar and mix it. That’s it!
Let’s make songpyeon now!
1. Break off a piece of rice dough about 1 inch in diameter and roll it between your palms to make a rice ball. Then press your thumb in the center of the ball to make it shaped like a cup.
2. Fill the cup with either sesame filling or mung bean filling using a small spoon, and seal it using your thumb and index fingers.
3. Place all the raw rice cakes (songpyeon) on a plate.
4. Wash your pine needles thoroughly with a little dish soap. Towel dry them.
5. Put some water (4 cups) into a steamer and boil it. When it starts boiling, place a damp cotton cloth on the bottom of the steamer tray.
6. Make a bed of pine needles on the wet cloth and put the raw songpyeon on top. Put more pine needles on top of the songpyeon, too.Tip: Pine needles stop the songpyeon from sticking together and give them a good flavor.
7. Steam it for 25 minutes over medium high heat.
8. Prepare some cold water in a large bowl, and drop in a little sesame oil.
9. Dump your steamed songpyeon into to the cold water and quickly remove pine needles. Take them out, put them on a plate to serve.
Spoiler for indonesian rice cake:
Spoiler for klepon:
Bahan:
* 300 gram tepung ketan
* 75 cc air daun suji atau pandan
* 2 sdt air kapur sirih*
* 100 gram gula merah diiris
* ¼ butir kelapa diparut dikukus dengan ¼ sdt garam selama 15 menit
Cara membuat:
* Aduk tepung ketan dengan air daun suji sedikit demi sedikit, masukkan air sirih. Uleni sampai adonan dapat dibulatkan manjadi sebesar kelereng, isis dengan irisan gula merah, bulatkan lagi.
* Didihkan air dalam sebuah panci yang besar. Masukkan klepon ke dalamnya, tunggu sampai mengapung. Angkat & gulungkan klepon dalam kelapa parut.
Catatan: *Kalau tidak ada, bisa dihilangkan.
Spoiler for kue ku:
BAHAN
Kulit:
250 g tepung ketan putih
3 sdm gula bubuk
250 ml santan kental hangat,
dari 1/2 butir kelapa parut *)
1 1/2 sdt pewarna makanan warna merah
2 sdm minyak sayur, untuk olesan
Daun pisang untuk alas
Isi, aduk rata:
125 g kacang hijau kupas, rendam dalam
air selama 30 menit, tiriskan, kukus selama
30 menit hingga lunak
75 g gula pasir
1/2 sdt garam
2 lembar daun pandan, simpulkan
CARA MEMBUAT:
* Kulit: Campur tepung ketan, gula bubuk, dan santan, uleni hingga rata. Tuang pewarna, uleni kembali hingga rata. Sisihkan.
* Isi: Masak semua bahan di atas api kecil hingga gula larut. Angkat. Dinginkan. Bentuk bulat berdiameter 1 cm.
* Penyelesaian: Ambil 1 sdm adonan kulit, bentuk bulat, pipihkan. Letakkan adonan isi di bagian tengah, bulatkan.
* Bentuk adonan dalam cetakan kue ku, tekan-tekan, padatkan. Keluarkan dari cetakan. Letakkan di atas daun pisang beroles minyak. Lakukan hingga adonan habis.
* Kukus dalam dandang panas selama 10 menit hingga matang. Angkat. Sajikan.
*) Santan dimasak hingga mendidih, dibiarkan hangat baru dicampur dengan tepung ketan dan gula bubuk. Digunakan santan hangat supaya gluten (protein) dalam tepung ketan lebih keluar dan membuat kulit kue ku menjadi lebih kenyal.
Untuk 15 buah
Kalori per buah: 130 kal
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