While keeping the rotating pan (referred to as dora, the Chinese gong after its shape) over a flame, add poppy seeds, which are often substituted by granulated sugar at present, that will become the core of konpeito.
回転鍋（その形から銅鑼と呼ばれる）を熱しながら、金平糖の核となるケシ粒（現在はザラメ糖が用いられることが多い）を入れる。