Korean Street Food - Rice cakes 떡볶이

While my sister was with me last week, the last night before she left for university. We made korean style rice cakes! Spicy and filling food that is perfect for the winter!



























You will need:
(2-3 servings)

2 handfuls of rice cakes
3 fish cake sticks ( usually it is in a flat sheet form, but I only found the ones in long stick form from my local asian groceries store, which works equally fine.)

We also added some assorted chinese fish balls, homemade dumplings, and a pack of instant noodles to give more variety.

For the sauce:
1 tbsp of hot pepper flakes
1tbsp of sugar
1.5 big spoonfuls of korean hot pepper paste
4-5 cups of water
some spring onions and sesame

Method:

Note: If your rice cakes are frozen, defrost it at room temperature, and then wash it under cold water. Do not cook directly from frozen, as it will be hard to fully cook the inside. Defrost any other frozen ingredients as well in room temperature.
1. In 4 cups of hot water, add in the hot pepper flakes, sugar and hot pepper paste and bring it to a boil.
2. Add in the rice cakes, fish cakes and fish balls and let it cook till soften.
3. Meanwhile, fry the dumplings on a seperate and also cook the instant noodles. It is best to cook the noodles separately then add it in at the end to the main, since the noodles will be hard to cook as the sauce starts to thicken, but if you add too early before it thickens, it will become soggy for leaving it cooking for too long.
4. As the sauce starts to thicken, taste it and adjust the sauce accordingly, If the consistency becomes too thick, add a bit of water.
5. Finally add in the dumplings and noodles, and add the spring onions on top and some sesame which is optional.
6. Grab your cutlery and dig in!!

Made a little edit on instagram :P