Ricetta della farina di riso (maepssalgaru) per il tteok coreano

Ingredienti

• 2 cup short grain rice ((makes 4 cups ground rice powder or ssal garu))
• 1/4 tsp fine sea salt
• 5 cups water
• powerful blender/chopper

Preparazione

1. 1

   Soak rice in 5 cups of water for 5 hrs or more.

2. 2

   When rice is fully soaked, drain for 30 minutes or more until rice is evenly drained with no pools of water in the colander.

3. 3

   Add to the blender about 1/2 of the soaked rice and 1/8 tsp salt. Grind the rice on high speed into fine powder. Overall, you should blend at least 3 minutes. Pause 2-3 times during the blending process to scrape off any rice that is stuck to the side that's not being ground.

4. 4

   Rice should be so fine that the powder should get pasty when you rub it between your fingers. It can still feel a little gritty and that's OK.

5. 5

   Using a large sieve, sift the rice powder to remove any large pieces of unground rice.

6. 6

   Store rice powder (Ssal Garu) in the fridge for up to 2 days or in the freezer for few months.