Hodu-gwaja
| Type | Cookie |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | South Korea |
| Region or state | Cheonan |
| Main ingredients | Dough, walnuts, red bean paste |
| Hodu-gwaja | |
| Hangul | 호두과자 |
|---|---|
| Revised Romanization | hodu gwaja |
| McCune–Reischauer | hodu kwaja |
Hodugwaja is a type of Korean cookie from Cheonan, South Korea. (It is also called Hodo Kwaja and Korean Walnut Cake.) It is made by putting in a mixture of pounded walnuts with red bean paste in dough and baking. Hodugwaja from Cheonan, South Chungcheong Province are especially famous.[1][2]
Origin
Hodugwaja is believed to have been first made in Cheonan by Jo Gwi-geum and Sim Bok-sun in 1934. The walnuts have an unusual shape and are a specialty of Cheonan. Jo Gwi-geum and Sim Bok-sun made cookies using nutritious walnuts with various other ingredients.
See also
- Hangwa, Korean confectionery
- Gyeongju bread, red bean bun
- Chalboribbang, barley flat cake
References
- ^ (2000-04-13)천안을 빛내는 ‘전통의 과자’ (in Korean) HanKyoreh 21, 303
- ^ Kim, Jin-cheol (김진철) (2009-04-02) ‘쭈글이’ 호두과자 주름살 폈네 (in Korean) The Hankyoreh
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