Hwachae
Korean traditional fruit or flower drinks
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Hwachae (Korean: 화채) 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.
TypePunch
Place of originKorea
Associated cuisineKorean cuisine
Main ingredientsMagnolia berries, Honey
Omija-hwachae (magnolia berry punch) | |
| Type | Punch |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Korea |
| Associated cuisine | Korean cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Magnolia berries, Honey |
| Similar dishes | Sudan |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 화채 |
| Hanja | 花菜 |
| RR | hwachae |
| MR | hwach'ae |
| IPA | [hwa.tɕʰɛ] |
Types
It is said that there are around thirty types of traditional hwachae.[2]
Fruit
- Aengdu-hwachae (앵두화채; lit. 'cherry punch') – made with Korean cherries and honeyed water.[6] It is associated with Dano, the fifth day of the fifth lunar month.
- Bae-hwachae (배화채; lit. 'pear punch') – made with flower-shaped pieces of Korean pear and honeyed magnolia berry juice.[6]
- Baesuk (배숙) – boiled pear punch.
- Boksunga-hwachae (복숭아화채; lit. 'peach punch') – made with peach preserved in honey and sugared water.[1]
- Chamoe-hwachae (참외화채; lit. 'melon punch') – made with Korean melon slices, cherries, celery slices, and honeyed magnolia berry juice.
- Cheondoboksunga-hwachae (천도복숭아화채; lit. 'nectarine punch') – made with nectarine preserved in honey and sugared water.
- Milgam-hwachae (밀감화채; lit. 'citrus punch') – also called gyul-hwachae (귤화채); made with citrus fruit—usually summer orange— pieces, in the fruit's juice mixed with lemon juice, sugar, and water.[6] It is a local specialty of Jeju Island, where summer oranges and most other citrus fruits are cultivated.[7]
- Mogwa-hwachae (모과화채; lit. 'quince punch') – made with Chinese quince slices preserved with hardy mandarin slices in sugar and honeyed water, consumed after 20 days.
- Omija-hwachae (오미자화채; lit. 'magnolia berry punch') – made with honeyed magnolia berry juice and decorative slices of Korean pear.
- Podo-hwachae (포도화채; lit. 'grape punch') – made with peeled grape boiled in sugared water, cherries, and honeyed water.
- Sagwa-hwachae (사과화채; lit. 'apple punch') – made with flower-shaped pieces of apple and honeyed magnolia berry juice.
- Sansa-hwachae (산사화채; lit. 'hawthorn punch') – made with jellied mountain hawthorn, called sansa-pyeon, sliced and floated in honeyed water.
- Sanddalgi-hwachae (산딸기화채; lit. 'raspberry punch') – made with Korean raspberries and honeyed water. It is associated with Yudu, the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month.
- Subak-hwachae (수박화채; lit. 'watermelon punch') – made with scooped or sliced watermelon pieces, bits of other fruits, ice cubes, and honeyed watermelon juice. It is a popular summertime refreshment.[5][8]
- Ddalgi-hwachae (딸기화채; lit. 'strawberry punch') – made with strawberries.[1]
- Yuja-hwachae (유자화채; lit. 'yuja punch') – made with yuja and Korean pear, both thinly julienned, and pomegranate and honeyed water.[1]
Flower
Flower petals are coated with mung bean starch and blanched, cooled in ice water, and drained before being put in hwachae.[1] Flower hwachae is usually topped with pine nuts.
- Jangmi-hwachae (장미화채; lit. 'rose punch') – made with rose petals and honeyed magnolia berry juice.[1]
- Jindallae-hwachae (진달래화채; lit. 'rhododendron punch') – made with Korean rhododendron petals and honeyed magnolia berry juice.[6] It is associated with Samjinnal, the third day of the third lunar month.[2]
- Songhwa-hwachae (송화화채; lit. 'pine pollen punch') – also called songhwa-su (송화수) or songhwa-milsu (송화밀수); made with dried pollen of Korean red pine and honeyed water.[6] It is a local specialty of Gangwon Province.
- Songhwa-milsu (송화밀수) – traditional drink made of pine flower pollen (songhwa) and honey.
- Sunchae-hwachae (순채화채; lit. 'water-shield punch') – made with water-shield leaves and honeyed water or honeyed magnolia berry juice.
Noodle
Grain
- Sudan – (수단) – grain cake punch.