Chapssal doughnuts ( ko, 찹쌀도넛) are Korean
doughnut
A doughnut or donut () is a type of food made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and fra ...
s made with
glutinous rice flour
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The mildly sweet doughnuts are often filled with sweetened
red bean paste
Red bean paste () or red bean jam, also called adzuki bean paste or ''anko'' (a Japanese word), is a paste made of red beans (also called "adzuki beans"), used in East Asian cuisine. The paste is prepared by boiling the beans, then mashing or ...
and coated with the mixture of sugar and cinnamon powder.
Glutinous rice flour
dough
Dough is a thick, malleable, sometimes elastic paste made from grains or from leguminous or chestnut crops. Dough is typically made by mixing flour with a small amount of water or other liquid and sometimes includes yeast or other leavenin ...
creates the crunchy outside texture and chewy inside texture.
Beside food stalls in traditional markets, the doughnuts are also sold through
franchise bakeries such as
Dunkin' Donuts Korea and
Paris Baguette.
Etymology
The Korean
compound ''chapssal-doneot'' () literally means "glutinous rice doughnut", as ''chapssal'' () refers to "
glutinous rice
Glutinous rice ('' Oryza sativa var. glutinosa''; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amyl ...
" and ''doneot'' () is a
loanword
A loanword (also loan word or loan-word) is a word at least partly assimilated from one language (the donor language) into another language. This is in contrast to cognates, which are words in two or more languages that are similar because ...
from the English word "
doughnut
A doughnut or donut () is a type of food made from leavened fried dough. It is popular in many countries and is prepared in various forms as a sweet snack that can be homemade or purchased in bakeries, supermarkets, food stalls, and fra ...
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See also
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An-doughnut
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Bánh rán
''Bánh rán'' is a deep-fried glutinous rice ball Vietnamese dish from northern Vietnam. In Vietnamese, ''bánh'' is a category of food including cakes, pies, and pastries, while ''rán'' means "fried."
Its outer shell is made from glutinous ...
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Jian dui
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Twisted doughnut
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List of doughnut varieties
Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food. The following is a list of doughnut varieties.
Variations and specialties by region
The terms below constitute either names for different doughnut types created using local recipes, or for the local la ...
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List of fried dough foods
This is a list of fried dough foods. Many cultures have dishes that are prepared by deep frying dough in many various forms. Doughnuts are a type of fried dough food that are covered separately in the Wikipedia article List of doughnut varieties.
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References
Glutinous rice dishes
Doughnuts
Korean snack food
Street food in South Korea
Legume dishes
Stuffed desserts
Rice flour dishes
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