To make this, pieces of rice cake are pinched from a rice cake made with sweet rice powder, filled with red bean filling, shaped into a ball, then covered with powdered grain. Known in Korean as “Danja,” it can be divided into pat (red bean) danja, daechu (jujube) danja, eunhaeng (ginkgo nut) danja, seogi (manna lichen) danja, gam (persimmon) danja, and ssukgulli (mugwort) danja depending on its filling. The covering also depends on the filling with daechu danja being coated with powdered pine nuts, while the ssukgulli danja is coated with powdered red beans. Historically, these pairings were chosen based on how the flavors of the filling and the coating interact. Danja made with mugwort, manna lichen, jujube, chestnut, and dried persimmon are grouped into osaek danja (five-colored rice cake balls), which were featured in royal banquets and festivals.
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