How to Make Japgwapyon

Serves: 6

Preparation time: 10 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients needed to make Japgwapyon:

• 2 cups sticky rice flour
• 4 dates
• 2 dried persimmons
• 4 tbsp pine nuts, chopped
• 10 chestnuts, boiled, peeled and finely diced
• 1 tsp salt
• 3 tbsp honey

Cooking instructions for Japgwapyon:

• Cut the dried persimmons and scratch out the seeds from them; set aside.
• Process the dates in a similar fashion and chop both of them into fine pieces.
• Toss the seeds into a mortar and pound them into a fine powder with a pestle.
• Place the chopped dates, persimmon, pine nuts as well as chestnuts into a bowl and sprinkle the ground seed over them.
• Stir them all together until well combined and set aside.
• Place the rice flour in a large mixing bowl and stir in a dash of salt.
• Empty ¾ cup water into it and stir it into the flour until the mixture clump together to form a flaky dough.
• Knead the dough briefly and split it into 1’’ balls.
• Bring water in a medium pot and drop in the dough balls.
• Cook them for several minutes or until float up onto the water surface and drain them out into a colander.
• Wash them under cold running water to bring down their temperature and place them in a bowl.
• Dip the rice balls, one at a time, into honey and transfer them into a bowl of dried fruits-nut  mixture.
• Roll them to coat evenly with the mixture and place them on a serving plate.
• Set them aside for about 10 minutes to rest and serve.

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Last Updated on April 6, 2013 by