Step 1

Combine 1½ cup rice flour, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt, and ¼ cup hot water in a bowl and mix it with a spoon until the dough is cool enough to knead by hand.Knead for about 1 minute until smooth.Roll it into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Set aside.

Step 2

Put a little more than 2 tablespoons rice flour and 1½ teaspoons gardenia fruit water into a small bowl. Mix it with a spoon and then roll it into a ball with your fingers.Wrap it in plastic wrap and set aside.

Step 3

Place 1½ cup rice flour and ¼ teaspoon kosher salt in a bowl. Set aside.Heat a thick pan over medium high heat and add blueberries. Press and break the blueberries with a potato masher (or a large wooden spoon) as you cook them, until all the berries are broken. Let it bubble for a few minutes, stirring with a wooden spoon.Remove from the heat. Put it into a mesh strainer over a fitted bowl. Press down and stir it with a wooden spoon to strain. You will get around 3/4 cup of hot blueberry liquid.Add ¼ cup to the rice flour. Mix it with a wooden spoon until the dough is cool enough to handle by hand.Knead the dough for about 1 minute until smooth.Roll it into a ball and wrap it in plastic wrap. Set aside.

Step 4

Put the beans into a small bowl and mix with 2 teaspoons honey.Fold the the pine nuts into a piece of parchment paper on your cutting board. Pound the nuts through the paper or roll them with a rolling pin until they’re crushed. Put them into a small bowl and mix with 1 tablespoon honey.Put the sesame powder in a small bowl and mix with 1 tablespoon honey and pinch of salt.

Step 5

Take a piece (about 1 ounce) of white or purple dough and roll it into a ball in your hands.Work your thumb into the center of the ball to create a small cup out of it. Fill the cup with one of the fillings: beans, sesame seeds, or pine nuts.Seal it using your thumb and index finger and shape it into a half moon. You can leave it like that, or for some variation you can roll the half moon into a smooth ball and shape a little ridge on the top.Keep rolling and filling until all the dough is finished, about 12 to 14 songpyeon. Leave about 1 ounce of white and purple dough for flower petals.

Step 6

Take a tiny amount of purple dough, about size of rice grain, and roll it into a ball with your fingers. Press the ball with your thumb and index finger to make a flat petal. Shape it into a petal.Gently attach the petal to a white songpyeon. Add four more petals to make a flower.Make a pistil with the yellow dough by rolling tiny amount of the dough and putting it in the center of the petals.Repeat with the rest of white, purple, and yellow dough.

Step 7

Add 2 inches of water to a large steamer and bring to a boil. Turn off the heat until we’re ready to steam.Line the steamer basket with a cotton cloth and fresh pine needles.Add all the songpyeon and put another cotton cloth on top of the basket and close the lid. This will stop water from dripping on the songpyeon while its being steamed.Turn on the heat to medium-high and steam for 30 minutes, then for 5 minutes at low heat.Remove from the heat and uncover. Let them cool for a few minutes, then take them out of the steamer with a spatula and a spoon. Brush each songpyeon with a little bit of toasted sesame oil.

Step 8

Serve them by themselves, or with tea. Keep any leftovers in the freezer when the rice cake is still fresh and soft. When you serve them again thaw them out at room temperature or reheat them in the microwave oven.

Step 9

Ilaichi Paris, France joined 9/18 & has 1 commentPosted September 24th, 2018 at 6:00 pm | Log in to reply. Dear Maangchi!Thank you so much for the inspiration and your superb recipes and videos!. And your smile, your personality, don’t change anything :) Today, I’ve made my first 송편, from grinding the rice to the natural colors (I also used rapsberries for pink, turmeric for red, and pandan leaves * I love pandan* for the green color). I made some fillings with jujube+sesame+caramel, others with walnuts, or 팥. I’ve very happy with the ones I’ve tasted :p I spent a wonderful day preparing them and I can’t wait sharing them with my friends! (I also thanked the pines in the park for their needles when I went jogging yesterday, I took only a few needles from each of them :D ) 정말 감사합니다!추석 잘 보내세요!See full size image Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 commentsPosted October 3rd, 2018 at 8:23 am | Log in to reply. OMG I’m just finding this photo now. I’m so impressed by your tremendous effort to make such a beautiful artwork! Taleederman Los Angeles joined 3/18 & has 1 commentPosted March 12th, 2018 at 4:04 am | Log in to reply. Hi Maangchi! I was really interested in one of the ingredients you used here: raspberry beans! I wanted to know more about them and looked them up, but was dismayed to find that the internet didn’t seem to understand what I was talking about, so I went to the dried bean database to figure out what you were referring to.The beans are known as cranberry beans; in order to help people follow your recipe, you might want to change the nomenclature to “cranberry beans” and include some of their other names (borlotti and roman beans; phaseolus vulgaris). If they’re not cranberry beans and have some other name, please do let me know so I can find them! <3 Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 commentsPosted March 15th, 2018 at 9:06 am | Log in to reply. Yes, you are right! I tried to memorize the name of the beans when I bought them from the farmer’s market, but I guess I got confused by the time I came home! Thanks! GoYeSeul Tennessee joined 10/17 & has 1 commentPosted October 20th, 2017 at 1:35 pm | Log in to reply. Hello Maangchi!! I am wanting to buy a steamer like yours. How many quarts is your streamer? I want to make sure it is big enough. Thank you!고예슬 parkhun iran joined 10/17 & has 1 commentPosted October 11th, 2017 at 12:31 pm | Log in to reply. hi maangchi~~im from iran and i love your websitethere are a lot of iranian people who wants to know how to cook korean dishes.. i was wondering if you allow me to use the informations you gave here in my korean studying channel^^ thanks~ verdellekuweyoonkim singapore joined 11/16 & has 1 commentPosted November 15th, 2016 at 9:18 am | Log in to reply. Hi maangchi! How are you? I love your recipes! :) I’ve tried making bibimbap, kimchi and BBQ beef and they were all successful thanks to your recipes. Tomorrow i’m going to try making Gyeongdan 경단 and was wondering if i could use the filling that is used in Songpyeon 송편 in addition to the red bean filling. Will these fillings work in Gyeongdan 경단? It would be really helpful if you can get back to me asap. :) I really look forward to more recipes from you n the future and to try out all your recipes. Have a nice day! Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 commentsPosted November 22nd, 2016 at 2:18 am | Log in to reply. “Will these fillings work in Gyeongdan gyeongdan?” Yes, it will work well. Ermin Fei Indonesia joined 2/15 & has 31 commentsPosted September 27th, 2015 at 9:51 pm | Log in to reply. Hi Maangchi ssi.. Happy Chuseok (추석) Day to you ^^My friend gave me an assortment of Songpyeon.. They are very nice.. May i know how long can we store them in fridge, and how do we heat it up? I received the rice cakes on Saturday, and i put them in the fridge after dinner time.. Do you think they are still ok to be eaten?Love the ones with Jujube ^^Wish you a great celebration ^^See full size image Maangchi New York City joined 8/08 & has 12,051 commentsPosted September 29th, 2015 at 10:33 am | Log in to reply. Belated Happy Chusesok to you, too! : )What a great gift it is!Any type of rice cake should be kept in the freezer when it’s still fresh. Otherwise, it will go hard easily at room temperature or in the fridge. But you can reheat it with microwave oven or steam it again if your rice cake turns hard. Ermin Fei Indonesia joined 2/15 & has 31 commentsPosted October 4th, 2015 at 10:43 am | Log in to reply. Haha thank you for your advice.. I will remember it next time ^^ ruway kurrim joined 7/15 & has 2 commentsPosted July 15th, 2015 at 8:54 am | Log in to reply. can`t find pine needles..what do i do?? smilesr4me United States joined 7/14 & has 2 commentsPosted September 15th, 2014 at 5:10 pm | Log in to reply. Maangchi~My husband really likes 꿀떡. I want to make it for him soon, do you have any recipe for making 꿀떡? I would really be so happy if you have any suggestions! 감사합니다!!메간