Jeon

Jeon refer to many pancake-like dishes in Korean Cuisine. Jeon is made of various ingredients such as meats, poultry, seafood, and vegetables depending on the style and mixed with flour batter or coated with egg batter and then pan-fried with oil. Jeon is commonly eaten as an appetizer, as banchan(side dishes), or as (food to eat while drinking). Jeon is also served as an important food for jesasang(ceremonial table setting for jesa, ancestor worship).

Kimchijeon(김치전)
Kimchijeon is a variety of jeon, primarily made with sliced kimchi, flour batter and sometimes other vegetables. Kimchi, spicy pickled vegetables seasoned with chili pepper and jeotgal, is a staple in Korean cuisine. The dish is good for using up ripened kimchi. When preparing it is usual to add salt from kimchi, especially that of baechu kimchi. The brine lends its red color to the batter but is not spicy itself. Along with kimchi, it is served as anju with alcoholic beverages.


Pajeon(파전)
Pajeon is a variety of jeon, a pancake-like Korean dish made mostly of eggs and flour, with green onion similar to a Chinese Green onion pancake. It is sometimes referred to as a Korean version of pizza, since one may add several different ingredients to it. Kimchi and seafood, such as squid, are added along with other vegetables such as carrots, onions, etc. Kimchi pajeon is a variant of the above but with kimchi added. Pajeon is often eaten while drinking.


Bindaetteok
Bindaetteok is a variety of jeon, a Korean style pancake. It is made of ground mung beans, with green onions, kimchi, or peppers cooked in a frying pan. Meat, usually beef, can also be added as an ingredient. In Korean restaurants, this dish is served with a small side serving of dipping sauce made of soy sauce, minced green onions, chili pepper flakes and some vinegar.


Hwajeon(화전)
Hwajeon is a small, sweet jeon or tteok(rice cake) made of any flower edible patel such as azalea or chrysanthemum and rice flour. Its name means "flower cake" in Korean. Hwajeon was commonly eaten at hwajeon nori (화전놀이), a traditional custom held since the Goryeo dynasty (918-1392), literally meaning "flower cake play".In spring, women went on a picnic carrying with them glutinous rice flour and beoncheol (a thick frying pan) near a stream on Samjinnal which falls on every March 3 in the lunar calendar.They plucked azaleas or any available edible flowers at hand where they set up their picnic and made hwajeon with the ingredients.