Glutinous Rice & Rice Flours
μ°Ήμ Β· μκ°λ£¨chap-ssal Β· ssal-ga-ru
Sticky rice and rice flours for porridge, pancakes and sweets
Korean kitchens use two kinds of rice: everyday short-grain rice (maepssal) and glutinous sweet rice (chapssal), which becomes sticky and chewy when cooked. Both are ground into flours that behave very differently.
- Korean name
- μ°Ήμ Β· μκ°λ£¨ (chap-ssal Β· ssal-ga-ru)
- What it is
- Sticky rice and rice flours for porridge, pancakes and sweets
- Storage
- Keep dry flours airtight in a cool place; store wet rice flour in the freezer.
- Substitute
- Japanese mochiko or shiratamako replace glutinous rice flour.
- Recipes
- Used in 71 recipes on coo K food
Glutinous rice
Chapssal is used for yakbap (sweet rice with chestnuts and jujubes), the stuffing in samgyetang, chewy rice cakes and porridge. Cooked with water into a thin paste (chapssal-pul), it is also mixed into kimchi seasoning β it helps the paste cling to the vegetables and feeds the fermentation.
Rice flours
Regular rice flour (maepssal-garu) is used for steamed cakes such as seolgi, sirutteok and kkotseolgi, and for gluten-free breads. Glutinous rice flour (chapssal-garu) makes hwajeon, chewy rice balls for porridge, chapssal donuts and part of the dough for hotteok. Korean shops sell wet-milled rice flour, often frozen, which already contains moisture; dry flour needs more water.
Handling tips
Knead glutinous rice flour with hot water (ikbanjuk) to make the dough smooth and pliable. For steamed cakes, rub the rice flour with water between your palms until it holds together when squeezed, then press it through a sieve so the cake steams light and even.
π§ How to store it
Keep dry flours airtight in a cool place; store wet rice flour in the freezer.
π Substitutes
Japanese mochiko or shiratamako replace glutinous rice flour. Regular rice flour and glutinous rice flour are not interchangeable.
π Where to buy
Look for it at Korean or pan-Asian grocery stores such as H Mart, or order it online β it keeps well, so it is easy to stock up.
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