Washoku (Japanese Cooking) Recipes

Washoku (Japanese Cooking) Recipes

Introducing simple Japanese cuisine recipes in english.
Nothing too difficult.
With ingredients you can find in almost any country.

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Anko is one of the most basic pastes used in Japanese traditional sweets.
Once made, its mild sweetness will match almost anything from rice cakes
to ice cream. You can also add it to a dough when baking a cake!

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<Ingredient>
Dried Adzuki Beans: 250g
Sugar: 250g
Water: 1,250cc (additional needed depending on situation)
Salt: 1 pinch

<How to Cook>
1. Wash dried Adzuki beans with water in order to take off small dust.
   Then take out beans that are out of shape (those that are cracked, are in weird colors)

2. Put beans in a big pot, and add 500ml of water

3. Bring to boil, then drain the water
  *Steps 2 & 3 are steps necessary in order to take scum out of beans

4. Put beans back in pot and add 500ml of water

5. Cook to boil

6. Turn heat down to low and cook for 1 hour
   *Add water constantly so that beans will always be dipped in water

7. Take a bean out to see if its well cooked
   *If well cooked, it can easily be crushed between thumb and pointer
   If still hard, cook for another 10 minutes until soft

8. Drain water and add 250ml of new water, 250g of sugar and a pinch of salt

9. Cook to boil

10. Turn heat down to low and cook for 10 minutes

Done:D

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