Comments on: Rainbow rice cake (mujigae ddeok)

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:22:33 +0000

Was it cooked properly? It sounds like you used dried sweet rice flour, if so, your rice cake won’t be cooked fully even though you steam it hours and hours.

This rice cake is made with short grain rice flour instead of sweet rice flour.

I’m copying and pasting my answer made for another reader a while ago.

“You have to use short grain rice flour which is soaked overnight and ground finely. The package of frozen rice flour sold at a Korean grocery store in North America is pre-soaked and ground. The rice flour is wet, so it has to be kept in the freezer. Otherwise it will go bad easily.”

So if you want, make your own wet rice flour!

By: docpark

docpark — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:21:43 +0000

Also, does the rice flour have to be frozen? I used Mochiko brand which comes in a white box -not frozen.

By: docpark

docpark — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:16:01 +0000

Attempted multiple times but steamer fails. Pitcutre of latest attempt, a two layer variant.

http://golfism.org/2010/07/26/mujigae-ddeok-korean-rice-cake-pastry/

By: nswift

nswift — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:19:54 +0000

Hi Maangchi,

I tried making this cake last night. When I transferred the cake from the towel to the serving plate it cracked. Does it mean it was too dry and not moist enough? What is the best way to prevent the cake from cracking?

By: spcaqilah

spcaqilah — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 14:58:13 +0000

Hey!
You can find them at Phoon Huat store.
Hardware shop should have em too.
You can try many places like Giant and Carrefour.

:-)

By: Nagareboshi

Nagareboshi — Tue, 04 May 2010 15:04:56 +0000

Hi Maangchi!

I can’t fount here frozen rice flour. Is it possible to self made the frozen rice flour?

By: Maangchi

Maangchi — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:12:00 +0000

hmm, I’m sorry to say that you have to get a good steamer to make this rice cake. Otherwise,the rice cake won’t be cooked properly. By the way, congratulations on your Baby Isaac’s 1st birthday!

By: mrseum

mrseum — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 03:59:59 +0000

Maangchi~
SUPER help please!
My son Isaac’s Dol is tomorrow! His party is on Friday and I *have* to make this beauitful cake!
My question is: I don’t have a steamer! Can I just add water to a stock pot and put the springform pan in that?
Or can I bake it like a cheesecake? (Put the springform pan in a “water bath” in the oven?)
Or can I make it in my rice cooker? I have a Zojirushi one that has a “cake” setting on it… but then I’m not sure how I would get the cake out.
Must I have a steamer? I’m not sure where I can find a cheaper one on short notice.. :(

By: Blessed

Blessed — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:29:11 +0000

Your flour shifter looks cute, where can I get it here in Singapore?
And also where can I get the cotton cloth?

I don’t think we have a privilege where we can bring such small quantity of wet rice to a miller to grind it. But yet I want to do it this way from the short grain rice because it is cheaper. Do you have any suggestion how to grind the wet short grain rice? Can I use a normal food processor?

Thank you.

By: Blessed

Blessed — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 15:10:37 +0000

Lovely rice flour cake. I would like to add flavor into the pink color section that can gives the color as well if possible. Do you have any suggestion what kind of fruit flavor I can put in and to also give the pink color.
Thank you