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Gamja-jeon

Name: Gamja-jeon
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 40 g potato; 40 g Chinese yam (ma); 15 g glutinous rice flour; 5 g onion; 5 g brown rice oil; 2 g green onion; 2 g vinegar; 0.5 g sesame seeds

감자전

Potato dish

Side dishesCourse

165kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

🌱 VeganGluten-free

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About this dish

Gamja-jeon (Korean: 감자전) or potato pancakes is a variety of jeon, or Korean style pancake, made by pan-frying finely grated potato on a frying pan with oil until golden brown.

Description: Wikipedia — Gamja-jeon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Potato and Chinese Yam Pancakes (Ma Gamja-jeon)

Not spicyVeganGluten-freeContains: sesame

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Servings1

potato: 감자
40 g
Chinese yam (ma)마
40 g
glutinous rice flour찹쌀가루
15 g
onion양파
5 g
brown rice oil현미유
5 g
green onion파
2 g
vinegar식초
2 g
sesame seeds통깨
0.5 g

Nutrition per serving

165kcal

25.2gCarbs

3.4gProtein

5.4gFat

156.4mgSodium

Steps

Translated from the Korean original. Amounts are as in the original recipe.

Wash and finely mince the onion and green onion.
Peel and wash the potato and Chinese yam.
Grate the ingredients from step 2 on a grater.
Mix steps 1 and 3, then add the glutinous rice flour to make a batter.
Heat brown rice oil in a pan, drop in spoonfuls of batter, and fry into rounds 8 cm in diameter.
Make a soy sauce dipping sauce with soy sauce, green onion, vinegar, and sesame seeds and serve alongside.

💡 TipAdding grated onion keeps the potato from changing color as much.

Diet and allergy labels are estimated from the ingredient list. Check labels if you have an allergy.
Recipe source: Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) recipe database. English translation by WorldFoodPedia, not by MFDS.