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                              HOW TO MAKE KOREAN

                                    POTATO PANCAKES


                                                By Sruthi Unnikrishnan



                                                                 of Gangwon province. And there are
                                                                 a  lot  of  ways  to  make  Korean
                                                                 pancakes.     Pancakes     are    made
                                                                 traditionally  just  with  potatoes,  salt
                                                                 and  oil,  but  what  I  am  sharing  with
                                                                 you  right  now  is  a  modernized  one
                                                                 with  an  Indian  touch.  Here  is  the
                                                                 simple way to make potato pancakes.
                                                                 All  you  need  to  make  them  are
                                                                 potatoes, rice flour and eggs.

                                                                 I’ve read a myth about  Koreans that
                    I  love  cooking  simple  dishes  as  I      they  should  eat  pancakes  on  a  rainy
                    hate  to  roam  around  in  the  kitchen     day. It’s weird isn’t it?There are a lot
                    for  a  long  time.  Back  during  my        of theories about it.
                    college  days  I  used  to  experiment
                    various dishes. As I was into Korean         When  pancakes  are  cooked  in  a  pan
                    dramas, I used to observe the cooking        they  make  a  sizzling  sound  and
                                                                 Koreans relate them with the noise of
                    methods they use and I have made a
                                                                 the rain. As we don’t see the sun on a
                    lot of research on their cuisine and on
                                                                 rainy  day  our  melatonin  level
                    weekends  I  try  easy  vegan  Korean
                    dishes.  I  just  love  Korean  cuisine.     decreases  and  we  feel  depressed.  So
                    And I was browsing for some simple           our  body  wants  to  have  something
                                                                 which  increases  the  sugar  level  by
                    Korean  recipes  and  I  ended  up
                                                                 taking  in  some  carbohydrates,  and
                    finding this delicious recipe of Korean
                                                                 Koreans happen to choose pancakes.
                    potato  pancake  from  a  blog  and  I
                    added a few more ingredients to make         Whatever the reasons might be, these
                    it a little more delicious.
                                                                 Korean  potato  pancakes  are  a  must
                    We  don’t  need  any  special  skill  to     try  one  as  they  are  crispy  and
                    make  Korean  potato  pancakes  or           delicious.
                    Gamjajeon  in  Korean.  There  is  a
                    history  behind  Korean  pancakes.           When  you  feel  like  having  some
                    Potatoes  were  introduced  in  Korea        snacks on a  rainy  day,  you  can whip
                    through  the  China-North  Korea             this  in  a  few  minutes.  As  it  was
                    border at Tumen in 1824. They were           raining  miserably  yesterday  evening,
                    mainly  cultivated  in mountain  ranges      today the temperature was a pleasing






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