hwajeon
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Hwajeon, kkotbukkumi, kkotjijimi, () 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.
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- Food.name
- Hwajeon
- Food.image
- Hwajeon_Cooking_10.jpg
- Food.caption
- Jindallae-hwajeon (pan-fried Korean rhododendron rice cakes)
- Food.country
- Korea
- Food.national_cuisine
- Korean cuisine
- Food.type
- Jeon, tteok
- Food.main_ingredient
- Edible flowers, glutinous rice flour, honey
- Korean name/auto.child
- yes
- Korean name/auto.hangul
- 화전
- Korean name/auto.hanja
- 花煎
- Korean name/auto.othername1
- Other names
- Korean name/auto.hangul1
- 꽃부꾸미; 꽃지지미
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- Image
- Korean pancake-Jindallae hwajeon-03.jpg
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- Commons category
- Hwajeon
- native label
- 화전
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- Etymology
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- ''Hwajeon nori''
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Hwajeon, kkotbukkumi, kkotjijimi, () 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.
== Etymology == The word hwajeon () is a compound noun made of the hanja character hwa (), meaning "flower", and the character jeon (), meaning "a pan-fry". The synonyms kkot-bukkumi () and kkot-jijimi () are also compounds of the native Korean word kkot (), meaning "flower", and bukkumi (), meaning a "pan-fried rice cake"; or kkot () and jijimi (), meaning "pancake".