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Hwajeon

Name: Hwajeon
Cuisine: South Korea
Ingredients: 60 g Glutinous rice flour; 30 g Spinach; 5 g Gardenia fruit (chija); 5 g Edible flowers; 5 g Thyme; 15 g Sugar; 20 g Honey

화전

Flower cakes

Side dishesCourse

161kcal · per serving

Not spicySpice

🌱 VeganGluten-free

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About this dish

Hwajeon, kkotbukkumi, kkotjijimi, (Korean: 화전) or flower cake is a small Korean pan-fried rice cake. It is made out of glutinous rice flour, honey and edible petals from seasonal flowers, such as rhododendron. It is eaten during the festivals of Samjinnal and Buddha's Birthday.

Description: Wikipedia — Hwajeon, CC BY-SA 4.0

Recipe

Three-Color Flower Hwajeon (Glutinous Rice Flower Pancakes)

Not spicyVeganGluten-free

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Servings1

Glutinous rice flour찹쌀가루
60 g
Spinach시금치
30 g
Gardenia fruit (chija)치자
5 g
Edible flowers식용꽃
5 g
Thyme타임
5 g
Sugar설탕
15 g
Honey꿀
20 g

Nutrition per serving

161kcal

22.36gCarbs

2.11gProtein

6.97gFat

1.31mgSodium

Steps

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

Blanch the spinach and blend it finely in a blender, and soak the gardenia fruit in warm water.
Heat the finely blended spinach with the water it was blanched in, then pour it a little at a time into half of the glutinous rice flour and knead with hot-water dough.
Pour the heated gardenia water a little at a time into the other half of the glutinous rice flour and knead with hot-water dough.
Rest for 30 minutes, then shape into suitable sizes and pan-fry the hwajeon in an oiled pan.
When one side is cooked, place a flower on top, flip, and pan-fry only briefly.
Mix honey, sugar, and water in a 1:2:3 ratio and boil to make a syrup, drizzle it over the hwajeon, and garnish with thyme.

💡 TipSpinach and gardenia fruit were used in the hwajeon dough to provide flavor and color.

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.