Hwajeon, a typical spring dessert in South Korea

 

Discussing food is endless, South Korea, which is currently entering spring, also has favorite culinary menus. Meanwhile, the food consumed by Koreans is a food menu that can maintain health stamina throughout the year. A number of dishes are also sought after by the people of Kimchi Country to eat while enjoying the atmosphere of blooming flowers. One of the Korean people's favorite culinary during spring, namely HWAJEON !.

Hwajeon is a type of rice cake that is commonly used as a dessert or snack. This dish is quite unique because of the sprinkling of spring flowers on top. Usually hwajeon is sprinkled with flowers, such as azaleas, roses, chrysanthemums, sakura, or pear blossoms. Hwajeon always appears during spring festivals in Korea and is commonly eaten during hwajeon nori, a tradition that has been passed down since the Goryeo Dynasty.

The tradition of eating hwajeon is called “Kkeot Darim”, which takes place on “Samjinal” day, which is the third day, the third month of the Lunar calendar. Usually women go on excursions to the mountains with hwajeon cooking utensils. Then they picked the spring flowers that grew around them and made hwajeon. After that, they ate hwajeon together while enjoying the mountain panorama in spring.

Maybe some of you have never tasted this one food? Don't worry, here I will also give you a recipe for how to make hwajeon, which you can certainly make at home with your family.

 

Materials :

Glutinous rice flour

Salt

Sugar

Vegetable oil (olive oil)

Water

Edible flowers (eg jasmine, chrysanthemum petals, etc.)

 

How to make :

- Flour Dough

- Put 250 grams of rice flour into a large container

- Add a pinch of salt

- Add hot water little by little while continuing to stir until the dough is slightly lumpy

- Knead the dough until smooth. Add flour if it's still sticky to your hands

- Round lengthwise and divide into 12 pieces

- Round the pieces and let stand for a while (cover with a damp cloth)

 

Syrup

Cook 1/4 cup granulated sugar and 1/2 cup water over low heat

After a while, check the thickness with chopsticks

Set aside.

 

The final step to make a flower pancake:

- Take the flour dough circle, then flatten it (5 cm in diameter)

- Put the dough into the pan that has been lightly oiled

- Turn the other side

- Put the flower petals on the top as a topping, then flip it back on the other side

- Press with a spatula so that the flower petals stick, remove, then serve on a plate and pour the syrup

 

Source : http://anggundiary.blogspot.com/2015/03/hidangan-lezat-saat-musim-semi-di-korea.html , https://www.jitunews.com/read/12641/resep-pancake-bunga-khas-negeri-korea-yang-yummy .

 

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