Food that I want to eat – Spicy Rice Cake (Ddbubokki)

I have eaten them before in Sydney and I love them. This snack is loved by many, young and old, girls and boys. I never make spicy one but I do in my own way to cook it (see below for my recipe). 

I think when I am in Korea I want to experience to buy them from the side of the street or market and eat them.

I did mention above that I cooked them in my own way. I happened to have rice cake lingering around and mincemeat however I don’t have Gochujhang (spicy red Pepper paste). 

Panfry rice cake

Ingredients:

• Rice cake
•  Mincemeat (any kind you like)
• 2 cloves of Garlic
• Soy sauce (I use Maggie seasoning soy sauce)
• 3 tblsp Sesame oil
• Vegetable oil
• Gochugaru (Red pepper powder) this is optional

Steps:

• In hot pan, with vegetable oil and pan fried rice cake until crispy and put aside. (you might need to do it in batches)
• In hot pan as well, pour the sesame oil,  and garlic panfry until fragrant
• Put mince meat on the pan and panfry until half cook
• Put the panfried rice cake to the pan
• Pour the soy sauce and Gochugaru and combine
• serve

 Easy right? Well I am not a cook book maker so this is will do.

Hangeul or Korean Alphabet

Wow how rude I am not to tell you or show you about the Korean alphabet
Please see below

This is taken from factzo

This blocky alphabet was invented on Sejong of Joseon Dynasty. This alphabet is adapted from chinese writing just less hidden catch (you know the intonation etc). on the link there is some of the history behind Hangul if you are not happy with the website just type "Korean Alphabet" and Mr. Google will be happily to show you lots and lots of other website.

How to use:
1. Just like in English we have to pair it up the Consonant and vocal some times 2 alphabet (think of At, On, Ma) or sometimes 3 alphabet (think of And, Tea) to  make syllable.
2. if a word start with a vocal rather than consonant they will start with ie - ung or ㅇ

I have a good example (at least good for me): Mother 엄 마 this is pronounce as Om-ma not Ngo-ma.

of course there might be have more rule that you have to know, but this is the general rule that you need to know in this stage.

once you remember all the alphabet you ready to read lots of things (without knowing the meaning...)