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| Place of origin | Korea |
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| Main ingredients | Rice flour |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 경단 |
| Hanja | 瓊團 |
| RR | gyeongdan |
| MR | kyŏngdan |
| IPA | [kjʌŋ.dan] |
Gyeongdan (Korean: 경단) orKorean rice ball cake is a type oftteok (rice cake) made ofglutinous rice or other glutinous cereal flours.[1] When the cereal other than rice is used, its name is usually specified, making compound nouns such assusugyeongdan (수수경단, "sorghum ball cake").[2] The namechapssalgyeongdan (찹쌀경단, "glutinous rice ball cake") may also be used, butchapssal can be, and usually is, omitted.
Gyeongdan can be made by kneading glutinous rice flour into chestnut-sized balls, then boiling them in water, and coating them with honey, mashedred beans ormung beans, or toasted and ground sesame seeds, etc.
The gyeongdan have various kinds ofgomul (고물; Powdered sesame or beans, used for coating tteok, rice cake, in order to improve its appearance and taste.), making them look pretty, but they are not inflexible even after a long period of time because of gomul. The white bean paste, which is on the table for a child's birthday, is decorated with red bean paste, which means that red beans fight evil spirits.[3]
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