Hwachae Explained

Hwachae
Country:Korea
National Cuisine:Korean cuisine
Type:Punch
Similar Dish:Sudan
Korean name
Hangul:화채
Hanja:花菜
Rr:hwachae
Mr:hwach'ae
Koreanipa:pronounced as /ko/

Hwachae is a general term for traditional Korean punches, made with various fruits or edible flower petals. The fruits and flowers are soaked in honeyed water or honeyed magnolia berry juice.[1] [2] [3] In modern South Korea, carbonated drinks and fruit juices are also commonly added to hwachae.[4] [5] Hwachae is often garnished with pine nuts before it is served.

Types

It is said that there are around thirty types of traditional hwachae.

Fruit

Flower

Flower petals are coated with mung bean starch and blanched, cooled in ice water, and drained before being put in hwachae. Flower hwachae is usually topped with pine nuts.

Noodle

Grain

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kind of Eumcheongryu: Hwachae (Honeyed juice mixed with fruits). Food in Korea. Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation. https://web.archive.org/web/20090415182033/http://www.foodinkorea.org/eng_food/korfood/korfood9_2.jsp. 15 April 2009. 21 May 2008.
  2. News: Hwachae: Refreshing Beverages to Beat the Summer Heat. Yoon. Sook-ja. Summer 2005. Koreana. 25 April 2013. 19. 76–79. Yoon Sook-ja. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303170715/http://koreana.kf.or.kr/viewPdf.asp?filename=2005_SUMMER_E076.pdf. 3 March 2016. dead.
  3. News: Best Korean drinks -- from banana milk to hangover juice. Jung. Alex. 13 July 2017. CNN Travel. 4 August 2017.
  4. News: Toast the festive season: Five cocktail recipes. Goh. Kenneth. 20 December 2015. The Straits Times. 4 August 2017.
  5. News: Hwachae (Korean traditional fruit punch). Ro. Hyo-sun. 18 July 2014. The Korea Herald. 4 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Hwachae. Doopedia. Doosan Corporation. ko. ko:화채. 4 August 2017.
  7. News: 5 Cooling Korean Punches to Soothe Your Heat Stroke. Kim. Dakota. 4 August 2015. Paste. 4 August 2017.
  8. News: Beat the summer heat with a Korean-styled watermelon punch — subak hwachae. Lee. Christine. 20 July 2017. The Daily Californian. 4 August 2017.