(Maangchi chopping onions)
(bright upbeat intro music)
Hi, everybody.
Today, let's make something sweet.
Sweet things!
You have a sweet tooth?
(Maangchi chuckles)
Then today's the day!
It's called Dasik.
Korean traditional pressed cookies.
I said, pressed cookies.
Made by pressing.
You don't need an oven.
Our ancestors made these cookies for a thousand years.
They made it on special occasions
because we use really precious honey.
Honey is considered really our medicine.
All these ingredients are natural.
The beautiful color is from natural color.
There are so many different kinds of Dasik,
but today I chose these, my favorite.
Glutinous rice flour.
Black sesame seeds.
And this is pine pollen.
And also this is split green peas.
So we get some really beautiful green color.
Omija.
You remember Shisandra?
A couple of years ago,
I traveled to Korea
and I made, you know omija,
using omija, omija punch.
It contains 5 different flavors.
Sweet, sour, spicy, bitter and salty.
I got this from a Korean store. To make a really beautiful red
color,
Use 2 tablespoons.
And then add 1/2 cup water.
You see.
This is from yesterday.
I started soaking.
So water is-
look at that.
Beautiful red color!
(Maangchi switches on stove)
Medium heat.
1/4 cup glutinous rice flour.
Stir this only for 2 minutes.
Give a little toast.
You see, color starts a little bit changing.
Kind of a creamy color.
I'm going to turn off.
I don't want to make it brown.
And it smells very nutty.
Let's put this in a bowl.
These are split green peas.
1/4 cup.
and I put this in my strainer.
And I'm going to wash these.
(Maangchi pours peas in the pan)
(Maangchi stirring peas)
It starts to smell,
kind of nutty smell now.
Even though they're split peas,
it takes around 5 minutes to cook.
And also you should taste it.
(Maangchi continues stirring)
Okay, 5 minutes.
Turn off.
(Maangchi eats a green pea)
Crunchy and nutty.
Next, black color.
Red color,
green,
and black.
These are black sesame seeds.
There are 2 kinds of black sesame seeds
in a Korean grocery store.
And I always buy raw, dried
black sesame seeds,
but sometimes some stores sell only
toasted sesame seeds.
toasted black sesame seeds.
You can use these.
But I wanna toast my own because it's more crunchy and
more nutty.
So let's wash these.
1/4 cup, the same amount.
Put it here.
(Maangchi washes the pan)
And sesame seeds.
(Tap running)
Over medium heat. It's hot now.
(Maangchi stirring seeds)
And taste some.
Very crunchy.
My last one is pine pollen, which is already powdered.
I don't have to cook or anything.
Just I use it by itself.
1/4 cup.
Wow, smells really good.
The smell of pine tree!
I got this from online.
Everybody knows that
pine pollen is good for your health.
Anti-oxidant, anti-cancer, anti-inflammation
and all kinds of good stuff inside.
I have to grind the sesame seeds and green beans.
You guys can use any grinder for spice.
Or you can use a coffee grinder.
a green color first.
(blender grinding peas)
(Maangchi tapping blender)
And then now black sesame seeds.
(blender grinding seeds)
I'm going to sieve this to make a powder,
to go through this.
And in the old days, without this kind of grinder,
how they made?
They use a mortar and pestle,
mortar and pestle
and sieved this.
They did a couple of the times,
so that really fine powder goes through it.
These days, we can make it so easily.
(Maangchi emptying blender)
(Maangchi taps the blender)
(Maangchi sieving ground seeds)
This chunky stuff didn't go through.
And I'm not going to use this.
Discard.
Or eat.
(Maangchi chuckles)
And I'm going to bring my honey.
Very light color.
from Acacia flowers.
Acacia honey is good
because it doesn't add
a strong color.
This is a Dasikpan, cookie mold.
I bought this maybe more than 10 years ago,
when I visited Korea.
If I had known someday I would make a video like this,
I would've bought the most expensive
or the best quality dasikpan from an artisan.
But at that time,
I didn't think this was important,
I just wanted to use as my decoration in my house.
Actually it's been decorating
for more than 10 years.
But anyway, it works.
It's embossed to make nice beautiful patterns,
sometimes a flower shape,
or sometimes letter.
See.
Like this.
So all of these patterns,
have something to do with give you happiness.
just 1 inch diameter.
So if you don't have this kind of cookie mold,
make your own,
Whatever you make,
make your own shape.
This is 1 inch.
Less than 1 inch.
It should be small.
That's Dasik!
Add 1 tablespoon omija water.
Okay.
We need to add honey here.
1 tablespoon.
(Maangchi mixing Dasik)
Use your wooden spoon first,
mix well,
and then use your hand.
I'm going to add 1 teaspoon more honey
because it has to be sticky.
Squeeze this.
Nicely, just make this into 1 lump.
This is cookie!
not cookie dough
because we are not going to bake.
You can eat it as a cookie,
but
we need a little beautiful shape.
That's why I use this Dasik mold.
Just press down.
Look at this.
(Maangchi washing mold)
(Maangchi drying mold)
Let's do green peas.
Add 2 tablespoons honey.
(Maangchi mixing Dasik)
(Maangchi washes mold)
Pine pollen.
2 tablespoons honey.
(Maangchi mixing Dasik)
My last one.
Black sesame seeds.
(Maangchi mixing Dasik)
I just only use 1 tablespoon honey.
I made a lot of effort to make beautiful cookies.
Now beautiful presentation,
that's what we need!
Cookies!
(Maangchi laughs)
We made Dasik, together.
But you guys don't have a Dasikpan.
What are you going to do?
Think.
I know you guys are creative.
You can use cookie cutters.
The cutter with a pattern,
kind of a cutter,
but the size should be really small.
Use a small size.
This is green tea, green and mint tea.
This is omija and black sesame seeds dasik,
and green peas dasik.
And this is pine pollen.
Pine pollen first.
Really pine tree flavor.
Full of flavor and a little bitter
because that's good for your health.
Green peas dasik.
It tastes very nutty.
And then omija,
a pink color.
Sweet and tangy.
So soft.
Last one.
Black sesame seeds dasik.
So nutty!
Which one is the best one?
This is a difficult question because all of them have its
own individual flavor,
taste, and aroma,
but If I have to make only 1 kind,
I think I'll choose black sesame seeds
because once you put it in your mouth,
really yummy.
I freeze these cookies.
On the parchment paper.
I freeze it up to 3 months.
Sometimes I feel like some, sesame seeds dasik,
I take out only 1 dasik,
and put it in my mouth.
And then I keep doing my work.
It's just melting in my mouth.
(Maangchi laughs)
So good!
So good,
And also very healthy.
Today, we made Korean traditional pressed cookies.
In Korean, Dasik.
Enjoy my recipe.
See you next time!
Bye!
(bright outro music)