{{Short description|Korean fried mung bean pancake}} {{Italic title}}{{Infobox food | name = ''Bindae-tteok'' | image = Korea GwangjangMarket Eats 11 Bindaetteok.jpg | caption = ''Bindae-tteok'' being fried in Gwangjang Market | alternate_name = Mung bean pancake, nokdu-buchimgae, nokdu-jeon, nokdu-jeonbyeong, nokdu-jijim | country = Korea | region = | national_cuisine = Korean cuisine | creator = | year = | mintime = | maxtime = | type = ''Buchimgae'' | course = | served = | main_ingredient = Mung beans | minor_ingredient = | variations = | serving_size = 1 | calories = 35 | calories_ref = <ref name="KFF">{{Cite web|url=http://www.hansik.org/kr/board.do?cmd=view&bbs_id=021&menu=PKR2020100&lang=kr&art_id=1962|title=bindae-tteok|website=Korean Food Foundation|language=ko|script-title=ko:빈대떡|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=10 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170810182422/http://www.hansik.org/kr/board.do?cmd=view&bbs_id=021&menu=pkr2020100&art_id=1962&lang=kr|url-status=dead}}</ref> | protein = | fat = | carbohydrate = | glycemic_index = | similar_dish = | other = |module = {{Infobox Korean name/auto | child=yes | hangul = 빈대떡 | ipa = {{IPA|ko|pin.dɛ̝.t͈ʌk̚|}} }} }} '''''Bindae-tteok''''' ({{Korean|hangul=빈대떡}}), or '''mung bean pancake''', is a type of ''buchimgae'' (Korean pancake) that originated in the Pyongan Province.<ref name="NIKL">{{Cite web|url=http://www.korean.go.kr/common/download.do?file_path=notice&c_file_name=140730_%ED%95%9C%EC%8B%9D%EB%AA%85_%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90_%ED%91%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%B0%8F_%ED%91%9C%EC%A4%80_%EB%B2%88%EC%97%AD_%ED%99%95%EC%A0%95%EC%95%88_.pdf&o_file_name=140730_%ED%95%9C%EC%8B%9D%EB%AA%85_%EB%A1%9C%EB%A7%88%EC%9E%90_%ED%91%9C%EA%B8%B0_%EB%B0%8F_%ED%91%9C%EC%A4%80_%EB%B2%88%EC%97%AD_%ED%99%95%EC%A0%95%EC%95%88_.pdf|title=주요 한식명(200개) 로마자 표기 및 번역(영, 중, 일) 표준안|last=National Institute of Korean Language|date=30 July 2014|language=ko|format=PDF|access-date=19 February 2017}} *{{cite press release |date=2014-05-02 |script-title=ko:주요 한식명 로마자 표기 및 표준 번역 확정안 공지 |url=http://www.korean.go.kr/front/board/boardStandardView.do?board_id=4&mn_id=17&b_seq=1465 |website=National Institute of Korean Language |language=ko}}</ref><ref name="Gentile">{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/eat/nation/korean-food-kimchi-korean-bbq-bibimbap-mandu-and-other-essential-dishes-you-need-to-know|title=Korean food: The 12 essential dishes you need to know from the North and the South|last=Gentile|first=Dan|date=28 February 2014|website=Thrillist|access-date=19 May 2017}}</ref> It is made by grinding soaked mung beans, adding vegetables and meat and pan-frying it into a round, flat shape.<ref name="KELD">{{Cite web|url=https://krdict.korean.go.kr/eng/dicSearch/SearchView?nation=eng&ParaWordNo=60435|title=bindaetteok|website=Korean–English Learners' Dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Korean Language|script-title=ko:빈대떡|access-date=8 December 2016}}</ref>
== Etymology and history ==
=== Bindae-tteok === ''Bindae-tteok'' first appears under the name {{transliteration|ko|yaleko|pincya}} ({{lang|ko|빈쟈}}) in the ''Guidebook of Homemade Food and Drinks'', a 1670 cookbook written by Chang Kyehyang.<ref name="Jang">{{Cite book|url=http://www.davincimap.co.kr/davBase/Source/davSource.jsp?Job=Body&SourID=SOUR002198|title=Eumsik dimibang|last=Jang|first=Gyehyang|year=1670|location=Joseon Korea|language=ko|script-title=ko:음식디미방|trans-title=Guidebook of Homemade Food and Drinks|quote={{Script/Korean|빈쟈법<br />녹두ᄅᆞᆯ 뉘 업시 거피ᄒᆞ여 되게 ᄀᆞ라 기ᄅᆞᆷ ᄌᆞ므디 아니케 부어 ᄭᅳᆯ히고 젹게 ᄯᅥ 노코 거피ᄒᆞᆫ ᄑᆞᆺᄭᅮᆯ에 ᄆᆞ라 소 녀코 ᄯᅩ 그 우희 녹도 ᄀᆞ니로 더퍼 빗치 유지빗 ᄀᆞ치 지져사 죠ᄒᆞ니라}}|author-link=Chang Kyehyang|access-date=2017-05-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190112092814/http://www.davincimap.co.kr/davBase/Source/davSource.jsp?Job=Body&SourID=SOUR002198|archive-date=2019-01-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> The word appears to be derived from {{transliteration|ko|yaleko|pingcya}} ({{lang|ko|빙쟈}}), the Middle Korean transcription of the hanja word {{lang|zh|餠{{Rarely-used Chinese characters|𩜼|⿰飠者}}}}, whose first character is pronounced ''bǐng'' and means "round and flat pancake-like food".<ref name="SKLD">{{Cite web|url=http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=162657|title=bindae-tteok|website=Standard Korean Language Dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Korean Language|language=ko|script-title=ko:빈대떡|access-date=25 May 2017|archive-date=24 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181224074053/http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=162657|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Sayeogwon">{{Cite book|title=Yeogeo yuhae|last=Unknown|publisher=Sayeogwon|year=1682|location=Joseon Korea|language=ko |script-title=ko:역어유해(譯語類解)|trans-title=Categorical Analysis of the Chinese Language Translation}}</ref> The pronunciation and the meaning of the second letter are unknown.<ref name="Sturgeon">{{Cite web|url=http://ctext.org/dictionary.pl?if=en&char=%F0%A9%9C%BC|title=𩜼 U+2973C|last=Sturgeon|first=Donald|website=Chinese Text Project|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref> ''Tteok'' ({{lang|ko|떡}}) means a steamed, boiled, or pan-fried cake (usually a rice cake but in this case a pancake).
During the Joseon era (1392–1897), richer households would dispense ''bindae-tteok'' to poorer people gathered outside the South Great Gate of Seoul during times of hardship.<ref name="Jeong">{{Cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/Index?contents_id=E0025277|title=bindae-tteok|last=정|first=순자|website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture|publisher=Academy of Korean Studies|language=ko|script-title=ko:빈대떡|access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>
Bindaetteok was often eaten in the northwestern part of Hwanghae-do and Pyeongan-do.<ref>{{Cite web|title=빈대떡|url=https://terms.naver.com/entry.naver?cid=42701&docId=3384889&categoryId=58381|access-date=2021-05-03|website=terms.naver.com|language=ko}}</ref>
=== Gwangjang Market === Gwangjang Market was established in 1905, and was one of the first ''permanent'' street food markets in the area. Most market places would only open for a few days, while Gwangjang Market was open everyday since its establishment. It is now one of the most popular tourist locations that sell ''bindae-tteok''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bradley |first=Hallie |date=2016-07-29 |title=What You Should Eat At Gwangjang Traditional Market |url=https://thesoulofseoul.net/gwangjang-market-seoul-korea/ |access-date=2026-04-29 |website=The Soul of Seoul |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Preparation == ''Bindae-tteok'' is made with mung bean batter with a filling made of bracken, pork, mung bean sprouts, and ''baechu-kimchi'' (napa cabbage kimchi).
To make the filling for ''bindae-tteok'', soaked bracken is cut into short pieces, mixed with ground pork, and seasoned with soy sauce, chopped scallions, minced garlic, ground black pepper, and sesame oil. Mung bean sprouts are washed, blanched, cut into short pieces and seasoned with salt and sesame oil. Kimchi is unstuffed and squeezed to remove its fillings and excess juice, then cut into small pieces. The ingredients are then mixed.
Washed, soaked, and husked mung beans are ground with water and seasoned with salt to make the batter.
The mung bean batter is ladled on a hot frying pan greased with a considerable amount of cooking oil, topped with the filling, and followed by another layer of the batter poured over the top of the filling. Finally, the ''bindae-tteok'' is topped with pieces of diagonally sliced green and red chili pepper. The pancakes are pan-fried on both sides, and served with a dipping sauce consisting of soy sauce, vinegar, water, and ground pine nuts.<ref name="KFF" />
== Gallery == <gallery widths=180 class=center> Bindaetteok ingredients.jpg|Ingredients for ''bindae-tteok'' Frying bindae-tteok.jpg|Pan-frying ''bindae-tteok'' Bindae-tteok.jpg|''Bindae-tteok'' Women pan-frying Korean pancakes-01.jpg|Street food ''bindae-tteok'' </gallery>
== Pop-Culture == ''Bindae-tteok'' is prepared and sold in traditional street markets such as Gwangjang Market in Seoul. It gained increased international recognition once ''Bindae-tteok'' vendors were featured in the 2019 Netflix documentary series ''Street Food''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10050778/ |access-date=2026-04-15 |website=www.imdb.com|title=IMB "Street Food"}}</ref> The series highlighted Korean street food culture and vendors operating in Gwangjang Market, where ''bindae-tteok'' is a staple dish.
Global exposure increased tourism and interest in Korean street food markets, with Gwangjang Market becoming a widely visited destination for both domestic visitors and international tourists seeking to try traditional dishes.<ref name=":0" />
== See also == {{Commonscat}} * ''Pesarattu''
== References == {{Reflist|30em}}
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