Hotteok

The dough for is made from wheat flour, water, milk, sugar, and yeast. The dough is allowed to rise for several hours. Handful-sized balls of this stiff dough are filled with a sweet mixture, which may contain brown sugar, honey, chopped peanuts, walnuts, and cinnamon. The filled dough is then placed on a greased griddle, and pressed flat into a large circle, this is done with a stainless steel circle and wooden handle as it cooks. In South Korea, ready-made dry mix is commercially available in plastic packages. The mix also comes with a filling consisting of brown sugar and ground peanuts or sesame seeds. == History ==

is also closely related to the Silk Road as foods related to wheat flour originated. It is generally believed that the merchants from China who immigrated to and settled down in Korea around the late 19th century made and sold at cheap prices, which helped spread the dish throughout Korea. It is said that Chinese merchants who entered Korea during the Imo Incident did not return to their homeland even after their country was destroyed, but opened restaurants and sold food to make a living, and one of them was . The Chinese merchants in Korea originally sold numerous different types of Chinese snacks made from dough. These included the , , , , and . Koreans lumped all of these together under the name . When Korea was under Japanese rule, the Japanese called them . Unlike other Korean pancakes, which often contain savory meat fillings, usually have been stuffed with sweet fillings, to suit Koreans' culinary tastes. == Varieties ==

The types of have been changing continuously although many favour the traditional cinnamon and peanut filling. Many variations have developed since the early 21st century, such as green tea , pink , corn , pizza and more. Along with that many vendors now sell made with japchae and vegetables. Commercially produced products are developed and sold by companies such as Samyang, Ottogi, and CJ. Such products are designed to be cooked at home. == Nutrition ==

is usually eaten in winter. Due to its high sugar content, a single may have as many as 230 calories. == Phrases using ==

Koreans say "The store is burning" () to refer to noisy situations. It is believed that the phrase originated from the thought of Chinese merchants arguing over the reason of a fire at their stall. == See also ==