Editing Korean cuisine (section)

==Sweets==
{{see also|List of Korean desserts}}
[[File:Tteok.jpg|thumb|right|''[[Tteok]]'']]
[[File:Korean.food-Yakgua-Yugua-Insadong.jpg|thumb|right|Various ''[[hahngwa]]'']]
Traditional rice cakes, ''[[tteok]]'' and Korean confectionery ''[[hangwa]]'' are eaten as treats during holidays and festivals. ''Tteok'' refers to all kinds of [[Tteok|rice cakes]] made from either pounded rice (메떡, ''metteok''), pounded [[glutinous rice]] (찰떡, ''chaltteok''), or glutinous rice left whole, without pounding. It is served either filled or covered with sweetened mung bean paste, [[red bean paste]], mashed red beans, [[raisin]]s, a sweetened filling made with sesame seeds, sweet pumpkin, beans, jujubes, pine nuts or honey). ''Tteok'' is usually served as dessert or as a snack. Among varieties, ''[[songpyeon]]'' is a chewy stuffed ''tteok'' served at ''[[Chuseok]]''. [[Honey]] or another soft sweet material such as sweetened sesame or black beans are used as fillings. [[Pine]] needles can be used for imparting flavor during the steaming process.<ref name="Roy">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKqOUfqt4cIC&q=songpyeon+%22pine+needles%22&pg=PA285|title=Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia|first=Christian|last=Roy|publisher=[[ABC-CLIO]]|year=2005|page=285|isbn=978-1-57607-089-5|access-date=26 October 2020|archive-date=9 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230909140203/https://books.google.com/books?id=IKqOUfqt4cIC&q=songpyeon+%22pine+needles%22&pg=PA285|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[Yaksik]]'' is a sweet rice cake made with glutinous rice, chestnuts, pine nuts, jujubes, and other ingredients, while ''[[chapssaltteok]]'' is a ''tteok'' filled with [[sweet bean paste]].

On the other hand, ''[[hangwa]]'' is a general term referring to all types of Korean traditional [[confectionery]]. The ingredients of ''hahngwa'' mainly consist of grain flour, honey, ''[[yeot]]'', and sugar, or of fruit and [[edible root]]s. ''Hangwa'' is largely divided into ''[[yumilgwa]]'' (fried confectionery), ''[[suksilgwa]]'', ''[[jeonggwa]]'', ''[[gwapyeon]]'', ''[[dasik]]'' (tea food) and ''[[yeot]]''. ''Yumilgwa'' is made by [[stir frying]] or frying pieces of dough, such as ''[[maejakgwa]]'' and ''[[yakgwa]]''. ''Maejakgwa'' is a ring-shaped confection made of wheat flour, vegetable oil, [[Cinnamomum cassia|cinnamon]], [[ginger]] juice, ''[[jocheong]]'', and [[pine nut]]s, while ''yakgwa'', literally "medicinal confectionery", is a flower-shaped biscuit made of [[honey]], [[sesame oil]] and wheat flour.

''[[Suksilgwa]]'' is made by boiling fruits, ginger, or nuts in water, and then forming the mix into the original fruit's shape, or other shapes. ''[[Gwapyeon]]'' is a [[Gelatin dessert|jelly]]-like confection made by boiling sour fruits, starch, and sugar. ''[[Dasik]]'', literally "eatery for tea", is made by kneading rice flour, honey, and various types of flour from nuts, herbs, sesame, or jujubes. ''[[Jeonggwa]]'', or ''jeongwa'', is made by boiling fruits, plant roots and seeds in honey, [[yeot|mullyeot]] (''물엿'', liquid candy) or sugar. It is similar to [[marmalade]] or [[Fruit preserves|jam/jelly]].<ref name="Foods in Korea">{{cite web |url=http://www.foodinkorea.org/eng_food/korfood/korfood8_3.jsp |title=Kinds of Hangwa |publisher=Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation |work=Food in Korea |access-date=5 August 2008 |archive-date=23 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123101327/http://www.foodinkorea.org/eng_food/korfood/korfood8_3.jsp |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B&i=184489&v=42 |title=Jeonggwa (정과 正果) |language=ko |publisher=[[Nate (web portal)|Nate]] / [[Britannica]] |access-date=5 August 2008 |archive-date=21 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321142900/http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=B |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K&i=241861&v=42 |title=Jeonggwa (정과 正果 |publisher=[[Nate (web portal)|Nate]] / [[EncyKorea]] |language=ko |access-date=5 August 2008 |archive-date=21 March 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321143002/http://100.empas.com/dicsearch/pentry.html?s=K |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Yeot'' is a Korean traditional candy in liquid or solid form made from [[steamed rice]], glutinous rice, [[Commercial sorghum|glutinous kaoliang]], corn, sweet potatoes or mixed grains. The steamed ingredients are lightly fermented and boiled in a large pot called ''sot'' ({{Korean|hangul=솥|labels=no}}) for a long time.

''[[Yugwa]]'' and [[Yakgwa]]. They are traditional desserts enjoyed during Chuseok, marriage or the [[Sixtieth birthday in the Sinosphere|sixtieth birthday]].