Japan

Zenzai

Name: Zenzai
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 200 g Adzuki beans; 150 g Sugar; 4 Mochi (rice cakes); 1 pinch Salt; 1 l Water

Japanese sweet adzuki bean soup with mochi

Zenzai is a warm, sweet adzuki bean soup in which grilled mochi rice cakes float - a wintry comfort dessert of Japan.

The beans are cooked with sugar into a thick, slightly chunky sweetness; a pinch of salt lifts the sweetness.

Servings4

Time60 min

LevelMedium

Ingredients

Adzuki beans200 g
Sugar150 g
Mochi (rice cakes)4
Salt1 pinch
Water1 l

★ = available authentic in the Asia Boutique

Preparation

Soak the adzuki beans and cook soft.
Add sugar and reduce into a thick sweet soup.
Season with a pinch of salt.
Grill or toast the mochi until they puff.
Put mochi in bowls, pour over the hot bean soup.

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Adzuki beans and mochi for zenzai are in the Asia Boutique.

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