I am going to use this to make An Pan, and I suspect I won’t have any trouble using up the rest of the beans I have. We usually enjoy this popular Japanese sweet with green tea. Drain the cooking water and add your sugar over very low heat while stirring for about 15 minutes, you should obtain a syrupy texture. Daifuku () or Daifuku Mochi () is a small round mochi stuffed with anko (sweetened red bean paste) made from azuki beans. You should be able to crush them easily with your fingers or a fork. Make sure the azuki beans are cooked through. Cover and boil for 30 minutes over medium high heat.
Put them into a solid, heavy-bottomed pot. Armed with the knowledge that they had to be fresh, I bought the right beans and the recipe worked perfectly. Azuki beans, also called red beans, originate from China and are extremely popular in Asian cooking for sweet and savory dishes. Add your 700 ml of water, covered, and simmer for about 40 to 50 minutes over medium-low heat. Make the sweet red bean paste: Wash the azuki beans in cold water and strain. Like other legumes, they are healthy substitutes for meat. Adzuki beans can be used both in sweet and savory dishes. Last time I’d tried this was with bulk beans ordered online – they never cooked down, so I suspect they were quite old. A 100-gram serving of sweetened adzuki bean paste contains 34 grams of sugar. There were three different brands in my local Asian grocery, and only one of them had an expiration date in the future. The secret to the deliciousness of red bean paste is in the elegant sweetness of the Azuki beans, and smooth creamy texture. In my area (suburban New Hampshire), and I suspect in most parts of the US, it is very difficult to find adzuki beans that are actually fresh enough. I am really glad you mentioned the age of the beans in one of your comments. The beans were initially too ‘soupy,’ but I lowered the heat to medium and kept stirring for another few minutes, and they thickened up nicely. Thank you for the great recipe! For me, I had to stretch out the final 10 minutes to a bit closer to 15 or maybe 17.
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