[Chuseok Holiday Food] How to make Sujeonggwa

Sujeonggwa is a traditional Korean beverage made by adding sugar to water boiled with cinnamon and ginger, cooling it down, and garnishing it with dried persimmons and pine nuts.

Ingredients: Ginger, whole cinnamon sticks, brown sugar, white sugar, dried persimmons, walnuts, pine nuts

1. Prepare the ginger by washing it thoroughly and slicing it; cut the whole cinnamon sticks in half and wash them clean.

2. Remove the stems from the dried persimmons and make a slit on one side to flatten them out.

3. Place a walnut in the center of the dried persimmon, roll it up to make a dried persimmon wrap, and cut it into bite-sized pieces.

4. Remove the caps from the pine nuts and wipe them with a cheesecloth.

5. Pour ginger and water into a pot, boil over high heat, then lower to medium heat and simmer for about an hour before straining through a cheesecloth.

6. Pour the cinnamon sticks and water into a pot and heat over high heat for about 10 minutes. Once the mixture comes to a boil, reduce to medium heat and simmer for about an hour, then strain through cheesecloth.

7. Combine the ginger water and cinnamon water in a pot, add brown sugar and white sugar, and heat over high heat. When the mixture comes to a boil after about 11 minutes, reduce to medium heat and simmer for about 10 minutes; let it cool, then add the dried persimmon wraps and pine nuts.

[Fam Times = Reporter Ye Ji-eun]