Mandu (food)

Mandu (만두; 饅頭) are dumplings in Korean cuisine.[1][2] Mandu can be steamed, boiled, pan-fried, or deep-fried. The styles also vary across regions in Korean Peninsula.[3] Mandu were long part of Korean royal court cuisine, but are now found in supermarkets, restaurants, and snack places such as pojangmacha and bunsikjip throughout Korea.[4]

Mandu
Jjin-mandu (steamed dumplings)
Alternative namesDumplings
TypeDumpling
Place of originKorea
Region or stateEast Asia
Associated national cuisineKorean (royal court)
Similar dishes
Korean name
Hangul
만두
Hanja
饅頭
Revised Romanizationmandu
McCune–Reischauermandu
IPA[man.du]
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Names and etymology

The name is cognate with the names of similar types of meat-filled dumplings along the Silk Road in Central Asia, such as Uyghur manta (مانتا), Turkish mantı, Kazakh mänti (мәнті), Uzbek manti, Afghan mantoo and Armenian mantʿi (մանթի).[5][6] Chinese mántou (馒头; 饅頭) is also considered a cognate, which used to mean meat-filled dumplings, but now refers to steamed buns without any filling.[5][6][7][8][9][10]

Mandu can be divided into gyoja (교자; 餃子) type and poja (포자; 包子) type.[11] In Chinese, the categories of dumplings are called jiǎozi (饺子; 餃子) and bāozi (包子) respectively, which are cognates with the Korean words. In Japanese, the former-type dumplings are called gyōza (餃子), which is also a cognate. In Mongolian, the latter-type dumplings are called buuz (бууз), which is also a cognate.

History

Mandu are believed to have been first brought to Korea by Yuan Mongolians in the 14th century during the reign of the Goryeo dynasty.[12][13] The state religion of Goryeo was Buddhism, which discouraged consumption of meat. The Mongolian incursion into Goryeo relaxed the religious prohibition against consuming meat, and mandu was among the newly imported dishes that included meat.

Another possibility is mandu came to Korea at a much earlier period from the Middle East through the Silk Road. Historians point out many cuisines based on wheat, such as dumplings and noodles which originated from Mesopotamia and gradually spread from there. It also spread east along the Silk Road, leaving many versions of mandu throughout Central and East Asia.[14]

A Goryeo era folk song Ssanghwajeom tells a story of mandu shop (ssanghwa meaning "dumplings", and jeom meaning "shop") run by a foreigner, probably of Central Asian origin.[12][15]

Varieties

If the dumplings are grilled or fried, they are called gun-mandu (군만두); when steamed, jjin-mandu (찐만두); and when boiled, mul-mandu (물만두).[16] In North Korea, mandu styles vary in different regions of the country. In particular, Pulmuone is releasing cheese dumplings, sweet seed dumplings with sugar and spicy dumplings.[17]

  • Mul-mandu (물만두), it means "boiled mandu".[18]
  • Gun-mandu (군만두) is pan-fried mandu, it's derived from guun-mandu 구운만두=>군만두 to mean "panned" dumplings. It's sometimes called by its Japanese name, yakimandu.[19][20]
  • Jjin-mandu (찐만두) is steamed, either in a traditional bamboo steamer or modern versions.[13]
  • Gullin-mandu (굴린만두), or called gulmandu is a variety of mandu in a ball shape without a covering. It is mainly eaten in summer.[21]
  • Wang mandu (왕만두), is a bun stuffed with pork and vegetables, similar to the Chinese baozi.
  • Pyeonsu (편수), mandu stuffed with vegetables in a rectangular shape. It is mainly eaten in summer and a local specialty of Kaesong, North Korea.[22]
  • Eo-mandu (어만두), mandu wrapped with sliced fish fillet. It was originally eaten in Korean royal court and yangban (noble class) families.[23]
  • Saengchi-mandu (생치만두), mandu stuffed with pheasant meat, beef, and tofu, that was eaten in Korean royal court and in the Seoul area during winter.[24]
  • Seongnyu-mandu (석류만두), literally "pomegranate dumpling" because of the shape [25]
  • So-mandu (소만두), mandu stuffed with only vegetables, which were originally eaten in Buddhist temples.[26]
  • Gyuasang (규아상), mandu stuffed with shredded cucumber and minced beef in the shape of a sea cucumber. It is mainly eaten in the summer.[27][28]
  • Kimchi-mandu (김치만두), mandu with stuffing which contains kimchi. The addition of kimchi gives it a spicier taste compared to other mandu.[29]
  • Napjak-mandu (납작만두), a Daegu specialty. As the name suggests ('Napjak' in Korean means 'flat'), the mandu is not as plump as the other types. A small amount of chopped glass noodles and chopped vegetables go inside the mandu. The mandu is then boiled once and pan fried once, finished off with a dipping sauce made with soy sauce and red pepper powder and vegetables garnished on top.[30]
  • Gun-mandu (pan-fried dumplings)
  • Jjin-mandu (steamed dumplings)
  • Mul-mandu (boiled dumplings)
  • Wang-mandu (steamed bun dumplings)
  • Daegu napjak-mandu (flat dumplings)
  • Common dumplings sold in Korean street restaurants

Dishes made with mandu
Manduguk

Manduguk is a variety of Korean soup (guk) made with mandu in beef broth. In the Korean royal court, the dish was called byeongsi (餠匙) while in the Eumsik dimibang, a 17th-century cookbook, it was called "seokryutang" (석류탕).[31]

Similar food

In Korean cuisine, mandu generally denotes a type of filled dumpling similar to the Mongolian buuz and Turkish mantı, and some variations are similar to the Chinese jiaozi and the Japanese gyoza.

They are similar to pelmeni and pierogi in some Slavic cultures.

  • In the 2003 South Korean film Oldboy, the protagonist Oh Dae-Su is fed a steady diet of fried mandu, the food that he detests the most, while he is imprisoned. After he is released, he visits various restaurants serving the dish to get clues and determine where he was held captive.[32]
  • Wonder Girls' member, Ahn Sohee, is often referred to as Mandu due to her cheeks resembling the shape of mandu.[33]
  • In the 2020 Dreamworks animated series Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts, Kipo finds a mutated pig and names it Mandu because it resembles the dumpling.

See also

References
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  14. (in Korean) Mandu Archived 2012-07-12 at Archive.today, Hankook Ilbo, 2009-01-21
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  17. 수정: 2018.10.18 21:16, 파이낸셜뉴스 입력: 2018 10 18 16:55 (2018-10-18). "[Weekend 맛대맛] 조리법따라 맛이 바뀌다니.. 깜짝 놀랄 '만두'하지". www.fnnews.com. Retrieved 2019-05-23.
  18. (in Korean) Mulmandu recipe, Naver kitchen
  19. (in Korean) Gunmandu, Naver dictionary
  20. (in Korean) Yakimandu, Naver dictionary
  21. (in Korean) Gullin mandu Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  22. (in Korean) Pyeonsu Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  23. (in Korean) Eomandu at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  24. (in Korean) Saengchi mandu Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
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  27. (in Korean) Gyuasang Archived 2011-06-10 at the Wayback Machine at Encyclopedia of Korean Culture
  28. (in Korean) Gyuasang at Doosan Encyclopedia
  29. (in Korean) Kimchi mandu at Doosan Encyclopedia
  30. ""최원준의 음식 사람 <10> 납작만두"". Kookje News (in Korean). 2020-05-26. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
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  32. (in Korean) Old Boy mandu, Yonhap News, 2005-03-21
  33. (in Korean) Sohee hates nickname Mandu, Joy News 24, 2008-01-14
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