Korean New Year Meal
Tteokguk ddukgukis the most representative of Seollal dishes.
Korean new year meal. In 2022 it will begin on February 1. Tteokguk or dduk guk is Korean rice cake soup. The biggest part of Seollal is the food.
Korean New Year Is all About the Food for Chef Ji Hye Kim. Seollal is Lunar New Year in Korea and apart from the ancestral rites and family gatherings Koreans also play folk games exchange gifts and share stories. However the main components include rice soup meat or seafood liquor vegetables and fruits.
Tteokguk often also contains some meat and other things such as seaweed. Fish and shrimp fritters are often. Korean New Year Food that is traditional and authentic.
Manduguk is a traditional Seollal Day breakfast beef stock soup with sumptuous dumplings. The women of the family and especially the daughters-in-law would prepare. Making mandu is a multi-day family activity involving preparing its ingredients and wrapping the dumplings.