List of Korean desserts

This is a list of Korean desserts. Korean cuisine known today has evolved through centuries of social and political change. Originating from ancient agricultural and nomadic traditions in southern Manchuria and the Korean peninsula, Korean cuisine has evolved through a complex interaction of the natural environment and different cultural trends.[1]

Hotteok is a variety of filled Korean pancake, and is a popular street food of South Korea.

Korean desserts
Name Image Description
Bungeo-ppang A pastry prepared using an appliance similar to a waffle iron.
Chapssal-tteok A tteok, or Korean rice cake, made of glutinous rice. [2]
Hwangnam-ppang A small pastry with a filling of red bean paste.
Hodu-gwaja A walnut-shaped baked confection with red bean paste filling, whose outer dough is made of skinned and pounded walnuts and wheat flour.
Hoppang A convenience food version of jjinppang (steamed bread) and is typically filled with smooth, sweetened red bean paste.
Hotteok A variety of filled Korean pancake, and is a popular street food of South Korea.
Kkul-tarae Composed of fine strands of honey and maltose, often with a sweet nut filling.
Melona An ice pop. There are different flavours like; -Honeydew melon. Banana. Mango. Strawberry. Coconut.Purple Yam.
Patbingsu A shaved ice dessert with sweet toppings that may include chopped fruit, condensed milk, fruit syrup, and red beans.[3] Varieties with ingredients other than red beans are called bingsu.[4]

Hangwa
Yeot covered with nuts (ttangkong yeot). Yeot is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called a sot.

Hangwa is a general term for Korean traditional confectionery. Common ingredients in hangwa are grain flour, honey, yeot, sugar, fruit or edible root.

Tteok
Tteok being pounded; hundreds of different kinds of tteok are eaten year round
Injeolmi is a variety of tteok, or Korean rice cake, made by steaming and pounding glutinous rice flour.
See also: List of tteok varieties

Tteok is a class of Korean rice cakes made with glutinous rice flour (also known as sweet rice or chapssal), by steaming.

See also

Korean desserts

References
  1. "Korean Cuisine (한국요리 韓國料理)" (in Korean). Naver / Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2009-03-28.
  2. "chapssal-tteok" 찹쌀떡. Standard Korean Language Dictionary (in Korean). National Institute of Korean Language. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
  3. Lee, Robyn (June 5, 2009). "Snapshots from South Korea: Patbingsu, a Popular Shaved Ice Dessert". Serious Eats. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
  4. Kyoung Woo Jun, for. "Seoul hotels at war over dessert - CNN.com". CNN. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  5. "Kinds of Hangwa". Dasik (Pattern pressed cake). Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  6. "Dasik (다식 茶食)" (in Korean). EncyKorea. Retrieved 2008-06-02.
  7. Pyojun gugeo daesajeon: dasik
  8. 고물 (in Korean). Nate Korean-English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14.
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