‘Kintsuba’ Azuki Cakes
I sometimes crave for Japanese sweets, which I know I can’t purchase from any shops near my home. Therefore I have to to make them. If I were in Japan, …
Azuki (Red Beans)
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‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice
This dish is traditionally prepared to celebrate special occasions in Japan, because its red colour which is symbolic of happiness. The dish is called ‘Sekihan’ (Red Rice) in Japanese and …
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Anpan
‘Anpan’ is a Japanese sweet bread roll filled with red bean paste. ‘An (sweet paste filling) + Pan’ (bread) can be made with other fillings but the most popular filling …
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Taiyaki
‘Taiyaki’ is Fish-shaped pancake with yummy filling inside. The most common filling is ‘Tsubu-an’, the sweet red bean paste. Other recommended fillings are custard, chocolate, fruit jam, or Nutella. Savoury …
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Matcha Dango with Tsubu-an
My favourite type of Dango is ‘Kusa Dango’ and they are very green because the dough is made from Rice flour and young leaves of ‘Yomogi’. ‘Yomogi’ used to be …
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Dorayaki
Do you know Doraemon, the Gadget Cat Robot from the Future? Doraemon is a character from Japanese classic comic series. He loves Dorayaki. Dorayaki is a simple sweet. Two small …
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Mochi Crepe with Tsubu-an
I love Mochi Sweet like Daifuku, which is small round mochi stuffed with sweet red bean paste. But where I live, it is too hard to find. The only way …
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Anman
This recipe doesn’t use yeast. My mother used to make these ‘Anman’ steamed buns for breakfast really quickly. Sometimes she made the buns with the dough mixed with raisins with …
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Matcha & Azuki Cake
Matcha has become very trendy in Australia. For cakes, cookies, teas, latte drinks and ice creams, I can see Matcha foods everywhere. Only recently I started enjoying Matcha flavour after …
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Azuki Ice-cream
Absolutely super easy yet so delicous recipe. Makes 4 Servings Ingredients Tsubu-an 200g Cream 200ml Method 1. Whisk cream in a mixing bowl until soft peaks form. 2. Add Tsubu-an and …
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Koshi-an
You can make light & smooth Koshi-an very easily by using Powdered Azuki Beans. But Powdered Azuki Beans is very hard to find in Australia. Making it from dry Azuki …
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Tsubu-an
’Tsubu-an’ is the most popular ‘An’ (bean Paste) and the canned ready-made Tsubu-an that contains a lot of sugar and additives is available from most Japanese or Asian grocery stores. …