Market Souvenir · Millet Rice Cake
Omegi-tteok
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It began as a leftover — the solid byproduct strained out of brewing Jeju's own millet rice wine, not a dessert designed on purpose.
Chewy balls of dough made from cha-jo, a black glutinous millet grown on Jeju's volcanic soil, are steamed and rolled in sweetened red bean powder. Markets across the island sell it as the definitive Jeju souvenir snack.
Why it's made this way: Rice paddies never took hold on Jeju's volcanic ground, so millet became the island's staple grain instead, and this rice cake — originally a byproduct of brewing omegi-sul millet wine — grew into a signature marker of Jeju's distinct farming history.
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