Green Tea Hotteok from pre-mix [failed]

Severe lack of update here, because maintaining a blog is so time consuming. Oops. But! A blog can serve another purpose, i.e. a platform to rant.

And so my boyfriend and I decided to try making hotteok, one of those korean sweet pancakes (very awesome to eat in a cold weather..).

I cannot remember how much I bought from Lotte Mart in Korea, but it was cheap enough to catch my attention. I downloaded the instruction sheet (english version) from the internet, eager to relive the memories in Korea with my boyfriend...

We even watched the youtube clip to get a better sense of the procedure:

And yay. We failed terribly. For some reason, the dough was really watery and sticky. We could not roll the dough into a ball. A very messy affair (warning. the picture below may cause some discomfort).

Green Tea Hotteok

My boyfriend cringed a little while eating but I had to admit the pancake was very chewy and palatable. I would like to try making my own hotteok from scratch though, one day. Me no trust pre-mix (maybe not for long). And yes, happy 2015! :)