Dasik is a variety of hangwa

Hangwa

Hangwa is a general term for Korean traditional confectionery. Common ingredients in hangwa are grain flour, honey, yeot, sugar, fruit or edible root.-Types of hangwa:*Yumilgwa : made by frying and kneading....

or Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

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Confectionery

Confectionery is the set of food items that are rich in sugar, any one or type of which is called a confection. Modern usage may include substances rich in artificial sweeteners as well...

, mainly eaten with Korean tea

Korean tea

Korean tea refers to various types of tisane that can be served hot or cold. Not necessarily related to "common" tea, they are made from diverse substances including fruits, leaves, roots, and grains used in traditional Korean medicine....

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It is made from nongmal (which is starch

Starch

Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined together by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store...

 made from potatoes

Potato starch

Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes. The cells of the root tubers of the potato plant contain starch grains . To extract the starch, the potatoes are crushed; the starch grains are released from the destroyed cells...

, sweet potatoes or soaked mung bean

Mung bean

The mung bean is the seed of Vigna radiata. It is native to the Indian subcontinent.-Description:They are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color...

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Japanese Red Pine

The Japanese Red Pine has a home range that includes Japan, Korea, northeastern China and the extreme southeast of Russia . This pine has become a popular ornamental and has several cultivars, but in the winter it becomes yellowish. The height of this tree is 20–35 m...

 pollen

Pollen

Pollen is a fine to coarse powder containing the microgametophytes of seed plants, which produce the male gametes . Pollen grains have a hard coat that protects the sperm cells during the process of their movement from the stamens to the pistil of flowering plants or from the male cone to the...

 (songhwa), Ostericum grosseserratum (singamchae), black sesame, honey

Honey

Honey is a sweet food made by bees using nectar from flowers. The variety produced by honey bees is the one most commonly referred to and is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans...

, flour from rice

Rice flour

Rice flour is a form of flour made from finely milled rice. It is distinct from rice starch, which is usually produced by steeping rice in lye....

 or other grains, nuts and/or herbs.

Dasik is kneaded and pressed with dasikpan (다식판), decorative stamps for making patterns on dasik. Depending on their ingredients, dasik come in different colours such as white, yellow, black, green, brown or reddish.

Variety

• Heukimja dasik (흑임자다식), made with black sesame seeds
• Kong dasik (콩다식), made with beans
• Songhwa dasik (송화다식), made with pollen powder
• Bam dasik (밤다식), made with chestnut
• Jinmal dasik (진말다식), made with wheat flower and honey
• Nongmal dasik (녹말다식), made with starch
• Ssal dasik (쌀다식), made with rice flour

External links

• Dasik: Unique Delicacy to Accompany Tea
• Sweet treats for teatime snacks article at

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