Side Dishes

Three-Color Flower Hwajeon

Name: Three-Color Flower Hwajeon
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 60 g Glutinous rice flour; 30 g Spinach; 5 g Gardenia (chija); 5 g Edible flowers; 5 g Thyme; 15 g Sugar; 20 g Honey; as needed Water; a little Cooking oil

삼색 꽃 화전

Traditional pan-fried glutinous rice cakes in green (spinach) and yellow (gardenia) doughs, decorated with edible flowers and drizzled with a honey syrup and thyme. Spinach and gardenia give the dough flavor and color.

45mPrep

15mCook

2Servings

MediumLevel

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📘 Cooking basics for this recipe

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📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Blanch the spinach and blend until smooth; soak the gardenia in warm water.

Heat the spinach purée with some of its blanching water and gradually knead it into half of the rice flour.

Knead the other half of the rice flour with heated gardenia water.

Rest the doughs for 30 minutes, shape into small rounds and pan-fry in oil.

While cooking one side, press a flower on top, then flip and cook very briefly.

Boil honey, sugar and water in a 1:2:3 ratio to make syrup, drizzle over the hwajeon and garnish with thyme.

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

160.6Calories (kcal)

22.36 gCarbs

2.11 gProtein

6.97 gFat

1.31 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

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Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.