What comes to mind a lot in the hot summer? ice cream? shaved ice? There is a traditional summer dessert in Korea haha. Have you ever heard of it or tried it? I called it a flower. If you don't know what hwachae is, let me introduce you.

What is Hwachae?

Hwachae is a snack made by adding fruit to a cold drink, and is usually eaten cool in the summer. The hwachae that you can see the most is cider, put watermelon, store it in the refrigerator and eat it cool or put ice in it!. It is usually made by slicing watermelon into small pieces or sometimes by grinding it!. Besides watermelon, I eat other fruits too!. You can make hwachae using strawberries, plums, peaches, etc., and mix them.

When did hwachae originate?

It was a drink that became popular as the tea culture declined along with the decline of Buddhist culture due to the policy of promoting Confucianism and suppressing Buddhism during the Joseon Dynasty. Regardless of the season, there were various recipes for drinking hwachae. At that time, ice was so rare that I couldn't eat it often, but I used a method of eating it cool by putting vegetables by the river. In the winter, when there are no fruits, I ate dried Schisandra chinensis. For reference, the first document on which hwachae was recorded is 《Jinchan Uigwe》 (1829, 29th year of King Sunjo)!.

「Source: Namu Wiki Hwachae Reference」

A flower that anyone can make

It's really simple to make a flower pot!. The ingredients are easy to find, and it's a dish that doesn't require a lot of hands. I'll teach you how to make a common flower.

1. Cut your favorite fruit into easy-to-eat sizes. If you mix fruit cocktail, it looks gorgeous and it's easy to prepare ingredients. Fruits with large seeds, such as grapes, are easier to eat if the seeds are trimmed.

2. Serve in a bowl. At this time, dig a large fruit such as watermelon or melon and use it like a bowl.

3. Pour the beverage. Cider is the most representative and transparent, so it's visually the best, but it's just a recommendation, and it doesn't matter what kind of drink you use, as long as it's not plain water. You can mix milk, milkis, ambasa, fanta, yogurt, etc., or even mix alcohol to make a cocktail.

4. Add ice and it's done. Juice is frozen or even fruit is frozen because adding ice makes it melt and soften.

Baek Jong-won also introduced how to make a very simple watermelon hwachae at Maritel. Here's how to make it.

1. Dig the watermelon moderately with a spoon.

2. Add ice.

3. Sprinkle with condensed milk.

4. Pour milk to complete. Strawberry milk goes well too.

Everyone, please try making hwachae at home. It's a great dessert for summer!. It's cool, fruity, and really delicious!