Do you like spicy food? Tteokbokki (떡볶이) is a spicy dish made of white rice cakes. Tteokbooki is considered a snack food in Korea. These white rice cakes are mixed with red pepper paste called gochujang (고추장) and added to this mix are fish cakes called odeng (오뎅), sesame seeds, sesame oil, onions, green onions, carrots, sugar, and water.

Jjolbokki (쫄볶이) is tteokbokki with noodles. Usually the ttoekbokki is long and fat, but they can be short and fat or thin and oval shaped. In addition to the odeng, green onions and a hardboiled egg is also added to the mix. Extra water is added to the jjolbokki to cook the noodles and the rice cakes. As with normal tteokbokki, red pepper paste is added.

A variation of tteokbokki is Haemul tteokbokki (해물떡볶이) which is a spicy seafood version of tteokbokki. All or a mixture of shrimp, prawn, squid or octopus are used in haemul tteokbokki. Vegetables like green peppers and onions are used. Other ingredients are garlic, ginger, red pepper paste, salt and sugar.

Ganjang tteokbokki (간장떡볶이) is a fancy kind of tteokbokki made with soy sauce. Although tteokbokki is usually made with red pepper paste, ganjang tteokbokki uses soy sauce instead of the red pepper paste. If any red pepper paste is used, it is used sparsely. In addition, beef or pork chunks are also added to the ganjang tteokbokki.

Cheese tteokbokki (치즈떡볶이) is a kind of tteokbokki made with cheese. Unlike normal tteokbokki, red pepper paste is not used. A generous amount of cheese, tomato sauce, garlic and parsley is made with cheese tteokbokki. Cheese tteokbokki is a fusion food. It is sold in restaurants and tastes a lot like a pasta and cheese dish.