🍯Honey Rice Cakes my grandmother made for me as a kid❗️🇰🇷Korean Rice Cake with Honey Sesame Seeds

pine nut paste

🥗Healthier: almond paste

💰Cheaper: sunflower seed butter

Sunflower seed butter is more affordable and nut-free.

red bean paste

🥗Healthier: black bean paste

💰Cheaper: sweetened mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes provide a similar texture and sweetness.

sweet rice flour

🥗Healthier: glutinous rice flour

💰Cheaper: regular rice flour

Regular rice flour can be used but will alter texture.

sugar syrup

🥗Healthier: honey

💰Cheaper: agave syrup

Agave syrup offers a similar sweetness at a lower cost.

Mix 1 cup of rice flour with 1/2 teaspoon of salt in a mixing bowl.

Create a well in the center of the flour and slowly add 1/2 cup of hot water.

Mix the dough with your hands, adding more hot water if the dough feels too dry.

Knead the dough for about 2 minutes until it feels soft and moist, resembling Play-Doh.

Cover the dough with plastic wrap and let it rest for 30 minutes.

Toast 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds and crush them with 1/4 teaspoon of salt.

Combine the crushed sesame seeds with 2 more tablespoons of sesame seeds, 1 tablespoon of brown sugar, and 2 tablespoons of honey in a mixing bowl to make the stuffing.

After 30 minutes, roll the dough into a log about 20 inches long and cut it into small pieces.

Shape each piece into a ball and cover with plastic wrap to prevent drying out.

Prepare a steamer with boiling water and line the steamer basket with parchment paper, cutting divots for steam escape.

Flatten each ball of dough, poke a hole in the center, and fill it with the sesame seed stuffing.

Fold the dough over the filling and shape it, making impressions with your fingers.

Place the filled dough into the steamer basket and steam on high heat for 12 minutes.

Prepare a bowl of ice water with a little sesame oil.

After steaming, quickly dip each rice cake into the ice water to stop the cooking process.

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