Tteokbokki is a Korean traditional street food. It is a garaetteok mixed with beef and many vegetables and stir-fried on a variety of terms. Many people enjoy and eat tteokbokki. Also, it has a history.

First is the past of tteokbokki. Tteokbokki's first record is in the Siuijeonseo which is an anonymous cookbook that was compiled in late Joseon. Also, in royal courts, people made and ate tteokbokki. The ingredients were rice cake, sirloin, sesame oil, soy sauce, scallion, manna lichen, pine nut, and sesame salt. Tteokbokki had several names in the past. It was called steamed rice cake, tteokjachae, and tteokjeongol.

▲ People make tteokbokki to use many ingredients.

Second is how tteokbokki was changed. Tteokbokki's name was changed. Its past names such as steamed rice cake, tteokjapchae, and tteokjeongol were changed to tteokbokki. Also, many kinds of tteokjeongol were formed. For example, there are royal tteokbokkki, kimchi tteokbokki, japchae tteokbokki, vegetable tteokbokki, seafood tteokbokki, ramul tteokbokki, rapokki, cheese tteokbokki and jajang tteokbokki.

The third is the presence of tteokbokki. The present ingredients to make it are rice cake, fish cake, water, anchovy, stack, chives, boiled eggs, and sauce. Moreover, there are many kinds of rice cakes. For example, there are garatteok rice cake, wheat plaster, and mixed rice cake. Also, there are many kinds of tteokbokki. For example, there are royal tteokbokki, kimchi tteokbokki, cheese tteokbokki and so on.

▲ It is tteokbokki that is Korean traditional street food and people eat on present.

Tteokbokki is a Korean traditional street food, and it has a history. As time goes by tteokbokki was changed. Many people do not know, but tteokbokki was changed, and there are many kinds of tteokbokki nowadays. So, I recommend you to eat tteokbokki.

By Yoo Min Ji