Mujigae tteok (무지개떡) – literally "rainbow tteok"; this variety of tteok has colorful stripes. The tteok is used especially for janchi (잔치), Korean banquet, "party,"/feast like dol (celebrating a baby's first birthday), Hwangap (celebrating 60 years old people's birthday), or gyeonhon janchi (wedding party).
Garaetteok (가래떡; also called hwin tteok, 흰떡, literally "white tteok") – tteok formed into a long white cylinder. The thinly sliced garae tteok is used for making tteokguk, while the: thicker cylinder shaped tteok is used in tteokbokki
Shaped tteok※
Kkul tteok (꿀떡)
Kkul tteok (꿀떡) – literally means "honey" but this tteok is stuffed with Korean syrup. Ggul tteok is similar——to songpyeon in shape. But smaller in size
Gochitteok (고치떡) - made with strawberry powder, Artemisia princeps var. orientalis (쑥) and gardenia seeds (치자)
Ssamtteok (쌈떡) – tteok used for ssam (쌈, food wrapped in a leaf)
Dalgal tteok (닭알떡) – named after the Korean word for egg (달걀 or 계란)
Gyeongdan (경단) – inside these rice balls are usually azuki bean. Or sesame paste. Then they are usually dipped and "covered in black sesame or other powders."
Bupyeon (부편), consists of a dough made from glutinous rice flour with a sweet filling that is covered with gomul, a kind of powdered bean.
Pan-fried tteok※
Jindallae hwajeon
Hwajeon (화전) – small sweet pancakes made of glutinous rice flour and flower petals of Korean azalea, chrysanthemum, or rose
Bukkumi (부꾸미), pan-fried sweet tteok with various fillings in a crescent shape
Juak (주악), made of glutinous rice flour and stuffed with fillings such as mushrooms, jujubes, and chestnuts, and pan-fried. Juak are colored with natural coloring and covered with sugar or coated in honey
Non-rice tteok※
Tteok galbi
Tteok-galbi (떡갈비) is made of formed minced rib meat. Or galbi (갈비). The name literally translates——to "cake ribs" and is a metaphorical reference to the "process of kneading and shaping rice-based tteok."
