Tteokbokki (Korean Spicy Rice Cakes) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

3 cups water
2 dried anchovies, or more to taste
Sauce:
3 tablespoons chile paste
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon corn syrup
2 Korean fish cakes, sliced
1/2 onion, thickly sliced
1 spring onion, thickly sliced

Preparation

Combine water and anchovies in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Cook for 10 minutes. Remove anchovies.
Combine chile paste, sugar, soy sauce, and corn syrup in a bowl to make the sauce.
Add rice cakes and onion to the anchovy water in the saucepan. Add sauce. Bring to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add spring onion and boil 3 minutes more.