Sudan (Korean: 수단; Hanja: 水團/水𩜵) is a traditional Korean punch made with boiled grain cake balls and honeyed water.^[1] It is usually served during the summer for quenching thirst. Traditionally Sudan was always served during a village rite in the 6th month of the Korean calendar (lunar). Korean farmers prayed for a bountiful harvest and god's blessing for their life in the future by making food offering including foods and Sudan drink. It is sometimes considered a type of hwachae.^[2]

Hwachae made with rice (or other grain) cakes or rice (or other grain) balls are called sudan (수단).^[3]

• Bori-sudan (보리수단; "barley punch") – made with steamed barely, mung bean starch, and omija juice.^[4]
• Tteok-sudan (떡수단; "rice cake punch") – garae-tteok made with thinly sliced garaetteok (tubed rice cake), mung bean starch, and honey.^[4]
• Wonso-byeong (원소병; "rice ball punch") – made with ball-shaped tteok with fillings of minced jujube or citrus jam floated in honeyed juice.^[2][4]

See also

• Baesuk – boiled pear punch
• Hwachae
• Hwachae – fruit or flower punch
• Shikhye
• Sikhye – rice punch
• Sujeonggwa – cinnamon punch

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