Suksilgwa 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....

, Korean traditional confectionery

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...

, made by boiling various fruits, ginger or nuts in water and then reformed into their original fruit-shape or other shapes. The ingredients are sweetened or coated with 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...

 or yeot

Yeot

Yeot is a variety of hangwa, or Korean traditional confectionery. It can be made in either liquid or solid form, as a syrup, taffy, or candy. Yeot is made from steamed rice, glutinous rice, glutinous sorghum, corn, sweet potatoes, or mixed grains...

. Suksilgwa literally means "cooked fruits" in Korean

Korean language

Korean is the official language of the country Korea, in both South and North. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture in People's Republic of China. There are about 78 million Korean speakers worldwide. In the 15th century, a national writing...

 to refer to the opposite term of saenggwa (생과 fresh fruits). It has been used for largely special occasions such as janch (잔치; feast or banquet), or jesasang (제사상, 祭祀床, ceremonial table setting for jesa, ancestor worship). In order to make the dish, fresh and good quality fruits or nuts are necessary and chestnuts, pine nuts are commonly used. It was consumed in yangban

Yangban

The yangban were part of the traditional ruling class or nobles of dynastic Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The yangban were either landed or unlanded aristocracy who comprised the Korean Confucian idea of a "scholarly official." In reality, they were basically administrators and bureaucrats who...

 or royal families during the Joseon Dynasty

Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

 and the cooking process required a lot of elaboration. Suksilgwa is usually served with two or three kinds in one dish.

Varieties

Suksilgwa is divided into two types such as ran (란 卵), and cho (초 炒) by the cooking method. Each of the terms is affixed to the main ingredient. The ran type of suksilgwa is made by meshing boiled ingredients and mixing them with honey. The mixture is shaped to its original fruit shape. On the other hand, cho type is pan-fried without the meshing process.

• Yullan (율란 栗卵), meshed and boiled chestnut mixed with honey
• Joran (조란 棗卵), meshed and boiled jujube
  Jujube
  Ziziphus zizyphus , commonly called jujube , red date, Chinese date, Korean date, or Indian date is a species of Ziziphus in the buckthorn family Rhamnaceae, used primarily as a fruiting shade tree.-Distribution:Its precise natural distribution is uncertain due to extensive cultivation,...
  
  mixed with honey
• Gangran (강란, 생란 薑卵), made by meshing ginger
• Yulcho or bamcho (율초, 밤초 栗炒), made by pan-fried chestnuts
• Daechucho (대추초), made by pan-fried jujube

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