Jeonggwa Facts for Kids

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*Jeonggwa*
Geumgyul-jeonggwa (candied kumquat)
Type	Hangwa
Place of origin	Korea
Main ingredients	Edible fruits, roots, or seeds; honey, mullyeot, or sugar

Korean name
Hangul	정과
Hanja	正果
Revised Romanization	jeonggwa
McCune–Reischauer	chŏnggwa

Jeonggwa (Hangul: 정과; Hanja: 正果) is a crispy, chewy hangwa (traditional Korean confection) with vivid colors and a translucent look. It can be made by boiling sliced fruits, roots, or seeds in honey, mullyeot (rice syrup), 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
- Miljeonggwa
- Sujeonggwa
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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 often with spices such as cinnamon and ginger) and dried fruit is added later, it is called sujeonggwa (Hangul: 수정과; Hanja: 水正果; "water jeonggwa") and served cold as a beverage.

Miljeonggwa

Aengdu-jeonggwa (Hangul: 앵두정과) – candied Korean cherry
Boksunga-jeonggwa (Hangul: 복숭아정과) – candied peach
Cheongmae-jeonggwa (Hangul: 청매정과; Hanja: 靑梅正果) – candied green Korean plum
Cheonmundong-jeonggwa (Hangul: 천문동정과; Hanja: 天門冬正果) – candied Chinese asparagus
Dallae-jeonggwa (Hangul: 달래정과) – candied Korean wilde chive
Danggeun-jeonggwa (Hangul: 당근정과) – candied carrot
Deuljjuk-jeonggwa (Hangul: 들쭉정과) – candied bog bilberry
Donga-jeonggwa (Hangul: 동아정과) – candied winter melon
Doraji-jeonggwa (Hangul: 도라지정과) – candied balloon flower root
Gyul-jeonggwa (Hangul: 귤정과) – candied citrus fruit
Haengin-jeonggwa (Hangul: 행인정과; Hanja: 杏仁正果) – candied apricot kernel
Hyangseolgo (Hangul: 향설고; Hanja: 香雪膏) – candied munbae
Insam-jeonggwa (Hangul: 인삼정과; Hanja: 人蔘正果) – candied Korean ginseng
Juksun-jeonggwa (Hangul: 죽순정과; Hanja: 竹筍正果) – candied bamboo shoot
Meoru-jeonggwa (Hangul: 머루정과) – candied crimson grapevine berry
Mogwa-jeonggwa (Hangul: 모과정과) – candied Chinese quince
Saenggang-jeonggwa (Hangul: 생강정과; Hanja: 生薑正果) – candied ginger
Salgu-jeonggwa (Hangul: 살구정과) – candied apricot
Yeongeun-jeonggwa (Hangul: 연근정과; Hanja: 蓮根正果) – candied lotus root
Yuja-jeonggwa (Hangul: 유자정과; Hanja: 柚子正果) – candied yuja