Comments on: Songpyeon (Half-moon Shaped Rice Cake)

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 23:14:48 +0000

Is the dough supposed to be dense and chewy? If not I don’t know what I did wrong. I used the frozen rice powder and followed your directions.

By: Hyosun

Hyosun — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 23:03:45 +0000

In reply to Carol. Just used to steam rice cakes. Oh nice to hear that! It's really not difficult. Hope you try it.

By: Carol

Carol — Fri, 29 Sep 2023 06:45:57 +0000

What do you do with the pine needles? Are they ground into the dough or just used in the steam?
My family have become fascinated by Korean culture as we are fans of BTS and wanted to try this treat as Jin mentioned it in his Chuseok message to fans.
Your site makes this look and sound really easy to make- thank you!!!

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 13:46:41 +0000

Hi Hyosun, I made these for festive
potluck celebration (unfortunately not the traditional date) as I fell in love with your beautiful presentation. They were an absolute hit and everyone was raving about them, even someone from South Korea. I only wish I made more! I ground my own wet short grain rice flour as I couldn’t find any in my town – this is quite laborious when using a small grinder. I found they needed steaming about twice as long – probably due to my flour or thickness of my cakes. A wonderful recipe, thank you.

By: Corina

Corina — Sat, 02 Oct 2021 13:38:00 +0000

I made these yesterday! They were amazing! 감사합니다!

By: Hyosun

Hyosun — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:24:38 +0000

In reply to Bette Burke. Yes that's what I do.

By: Hyosun

Hyosun — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 03:22:37 +0000

In reply to Danica. Oh sorry I missed this question. Korean markets usually carry frozen ones and sometimes freshly made ones.

By: Danica

Danica — Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:32:35 +0000

Would love to try as it sounds LOVELY! Thanks for sharing….. but also wondering if there is a Korean restaurant or a shop that sells songpyeon cakes?

By: Hyosun

Hyosun — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 23:56:21 +0000

In reply to Anonymous. Oh sorry glutinous rice flour is another name for sweet rice flour, and this rice cake is made short grain rice flour not sweet rice flour. You can try making rice flour at home with short grain rice by soaking it over night, drain for hours, and then use a powerful blender, coffee grinder, or food processor to finely ground. The flour/batter may still come out a bit grainy, not as soft, but you can certainly fix your craving.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Oct 2020 05:49:57 +0000

Thanks for the recipe! What happens if you use glutinous rice flour instead of sweet rice flour? Unfortunately that’s all I have but I’m really craving songpyeon