Jeonggwa


Jeonggwa is a crispy, chewy hangwa with vivid colors and a translucent look. It can be made by boiling sliced fruits, [list of list of root vegetables|root vegetables|root]s, or seeds in honey, mullyeot, or sugar water, then drying the slices, and optionally shaping them into flowers or other decorative forms. The candied fruits, roots, or seeds may have the similar texture to jam, marmalade, or jelly.

Types

Common ingredients include yuja, quinces, apricots, lotus roots, radishes, carrots, ginseng, balloon flower roots, gingers, burdock roots, bamboo shoots, and winter melons. If water is boiled first with honey and dried fruit is added later, it is called sujeonggwa and served cold as a beverage.

Miljeonggwa

Aengdu-jeonggwacandied Korean cherryBoksunga-jeonggwa – candied peachCheongmae-jeonggwa – candied green Korean plumCheonmundong-jeonggwa – candied Chinese asparagusDallae-jeonggwa – candied Korean wild chiveDanggeun-jeonggwa – candied carrotDeuljjuk-jeonggwa – candied bog bilberryDonga-jeonggwa – candied winter melonDoraji-jeonggwa – candied balloon flower rootGyul-jeonggwa – candied citrus fruitHaengin-jeonggwa – candied apricot kernelHyangseolgo – candied munbaeInsam-jeonggwa – candied Korean ginsengJuksun-jeonggwa – candied bamboo shootMeoru-jeonggwa – candied crimson grapevine berryMogwa-jeonggwa – candied Chinese quinceSaenggang-jeonggwa – candied gingerSalgu-jeonggwa – candied apricotYeongeun-jeonggwa – candied lotus rootYuja-jeonggwa – candied yuja

Sujeonggwa