Mandu-gwa

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| main_ingredient = Wheat flour, jujube, cinnamon powder, honey

| minor_ingredient = Sesame oil, ginger juice, cheongju

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| hangul = 만두과

| hanja = 饅頭菓

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Mandu-gwa ({{Korean|hangul=만두과|hanja=饅頭菓}}) is a Korean sweet dumpling filled with sweetened ingredients and coated with jocheong (rice syrup). It is a type of yumil-gwa, a deep-fried hangwa (Korean confection) made with wheat flour.{{Cite web|url=http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=422806|title=mandu-gwa|website=Standard Korean Language Dictionary|publisher=National Institute of Korean Language|language=ko|script-title=ko:만두과|access-date=16 June 2017|archive-date=16 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816104537/http://stdweb2.korean.go.kr/search/View.jsp?idx=422806|url-status=dead}} Mandu means "dumplings" and gwa means "confection". Mandu-gwa is typically eaten as a dessert or bamcham (late-night snack).{{Cite web|url=http://www.doopedia.co.kr/doopedia/master/master.do?_method=view&MAS_IDX=101013000813187|title=mandu-gwa|website=Doopedia|publisher=Doosan Corporation|language=ko|script-title=ko:만두과|access-date=16 June 2017}}

Preparation

The dough is prepared by sifting wheat flour and kneading it with sesame oil, honey, ginger juice and clear, refined rice wine known as cheongju.{{Cite journal|last=Kwon|first=Yong-Seok|last2=Kim|first2=Young|last3=Kim|first3=Yang-Suk|last4=Choe|first4=Jeong-Sook|last5=Lee|first5=Jin-Young|year=2012|title=An Exploratory Study on Kwa-Jung-ryu of Head Families|url=http://koreascience.or.kr/journal/view.jsp?kj=SSMHB4&py=2012&vnc=v27n6&sp=588|journal=Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture|language=ko|volume=27|issue=6|pages=588–597|doi=10.7318/kjfc/2012.27.6.588|doi-access=free}} The filling is usually made by mixing steamed, deseeded and minced jujube, cinnamon powder and honey. Only a small amount of filling is put on a flattened piece of dough. The covering should be thick, to prevent the confectionery from bursting out after it is deep-fried. After frying the dough, the dumpling is marinated in jocheong (rice syrup).

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