Injeolmi

Infobox Korean name

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"Injeolmi" (IPA2|indʑʌlmi is a variety of "tteok", or Korean rice cake, made by steaming and pounding glutinous rice flour, which is shaped into small pieces and usually covered with steamed powdered dried beans or other ingredients.

It is a representative type of glutinous pounded "tteok", and has varieties depending on the type of "gomul" (고물, coating) used. "Gomul" can be made with powdered dried soybeans, azuki beans, or sesame seeds, or sliced dried jujube. Subsidiary ingredients are mixed into the steamed rice while pounding it on the "anban" (안반, wooden pounding board). "Patinjeolmi" (팥인절미), and "kkaeinjeolmi" (깨인절미) are examples for the former, coated with azuki bean powder and sesame respectively. In "ssuk injeolmi" (쑥인절미) and "surichwi injeolmi" (수리취인절미) are "artemisia" and "Synurus deltoides" (AIT.) NAKAI) added.cite web|url=http://www.foodinkorea.org/eng_food/korfood/korfood8_2.jsp |title=Ttuk, Hangwa > Kinds of Rice Cakes |accessdate=2008-07-04|publisher=Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation |language=English]

"Injeolmi" is not only a popular snack but also is considered a high quality "tteok", used for "janchi" (잔치, party, feast, or banquet) in Korea. It is easily digested and nutritious.cite web|url=http://www.invil.org/english/speciality/processedFood/others/contents.jsp?con_no=26799&page_no=1 |title=Pyeingdong Korean cake town |work=Injeolmi |publisher=Invil: Information Network Village |accessdate=2008-07-04|] cite web|url=http://www.encyber.com/search_w/ctdetail.php?masterno=129617&contentno=129617 |title=인절미 |publisher=Doosan Encyclopedia |language=Korean|accessdate=2008-07-04|] "Injeolmi" can be stored in a refrigerator and taken out when needed. If the "tteok" is heated slightly in the microwave, it may taste almost as good as the newly made one. [cite web|url=http://www.dynamickorea.go.kr/kois/magazine/pictorialKoreaView.asp?Html_no=369 |title=Tteok |publisher=Korean Overseas Information Service |accessdate=2008-07-04|]

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ee also

*Tteok
*Mochi
*Rice cake

References

*cite web|url=http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=249407&v=47 |title=인절미 |publisher=Empas / EncyKorea |language=Korean|accessdate=2008-07-04|]

External links

* [http://english.visitseoul.net/visit2007en/activities/fooddrinks/fooddrinks.jsp?cid=107&sid=1022 Injeolmi recipe] at Tourism Promotion Division, Seoul Metropolitan Government
*ko [http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=181232&v=47 Etymology of Injeolmi] at Empas / Britannica