Sweet rice flour

Korean cooking ingredients:

Korean: 찹쌀가루
Romanized Korean: chapssalgaru

I use this sweet rice powder made in Japan. I sometimes make rice cake with this package, and I always use this when I make porridge for kimchi.

Posted Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 at 11:47 pm

16 Responses to “Sweet rice flour”:

Jen:

Hi Maangchi,

Can i use glutinous rice flour instead of sweet rice flour to make kimchi?

By the way i couldnt find dill cucumber can i use japanese cucumber?

And is hot pepper flakes same as chili powder?

Hopefully i can make some nice kimchi like yours.
August 11th, 2008 at 2:44 am
Maangchi:

Jen,
Glutinous flour is sweet rice powder! You can use it to make porridge. You could use even plain flour if you don’t have glutinous flour.
Yes, you can use Japanese cucumber,too.
I don’t think chili powder could replace with hot pepper flakes. Chili powder has its own strong flavor.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:32 am
catherine:

Hi Maangchi,

Can i use cornflour instead of sweet rice flour to make kimchi?
thanks
cath
August 17th, 2008 at 3:19 am
catherine:

dear magangchi
btw thanks rice cake receipe was awesome
love cath
August 17th, 2008 at 3:20 am
Alexa:

I love this site, I’m so glad I found it! Thanks for posting all these recipes.

I was wondering: Can I use Mochiko to make Songpyeon? Or does Songpyeon use a different kind of flour? Does it need to bre frozen?

Thank you again so much!

Alexa
September 30th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Maangchi:

Alexa,
No, mochico powder is sweet rice powder (glutinous rice powder). It’s too sticky to make songpyeon shape.
September 30th, 2008 at 5:32 pm
nina:

I was wondering if i can use tapioca flour instead of sweet rice flour?? thank you!
October 18th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Maangchi:

nina,
I don’t think so, please ask your question on the Forum. I’m not familiar with tapioca powder. Someone else may give you good answer.
October 18th, 2008 at 9:14 am
Chev:

Hi Deborah,

What is the purpose of using glutinuous rice flour in making kimchi? Thanks!
October 29th, 2008 at 10:21 am
anria:

hey maangchi i realy want to make rice cake can i make rice cake with thai glutinous rice powder
November 13th, 2008 at 8:33 am
Maangchi:

anria,
I think so. Glutinous rice powder is sweet rice powder.
Good luck with your rice cake!
November 13th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
foodie:

hi maangchi, i bought sticky flour because the vendor told me it is used for making rice cake….can i used it? is it the same as sweet rice flour?
November 17th, 2008 at 7:57 am
Maangchi:

foodie,
There are 2 kinds of rice flour powder: sweet rice flour and plain rice flour. It depends on what kind of rice cake you make. For example, of my recipes, to make songpyeon, you will need plain rice flour (short grain rice), but if you make gyungdan, you will need sweet rice flour which is stickier than plain rice flour.
November 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am
foodie:

hi maangchi,

im so sorry i forgot to ask you if i can use the one i mentioned earlier(sticky flour?) to use it to make kimchi?

thanks inn advance…=)
November 17th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Maangchi:

foodie,
yes, I use sweet rice powder to make porridge for kimchi paste.
November 17th, 2008 at 9:57 am
foodie:

thank you!!! im going to make your kimchi recipe…=)
November 19th, 2008 at 7:35 am

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