Koshi-an (sweet bean paste) – Asian Food Recipes

Recipe ingredients and directions:

2 C azuki beans

2 C sugar

1/2 tsp salt

Cook azuki beans, starting with hot water for about 1 hour. Turn

off heat and cool. Cook again adding more water as needed until

beans are tender. Drain beans. Mash beans and put in strainer

over a bowl and pour water over it. Stir until all of the beans

have been separated from the skin. Save the water and bean paste

in a bowl. The skin left in the sieve may be discarded. The bean

paste will gradually separate from the water. Pour the water and

bean paste mixture in a cotton bag and squeeze until all of the

water is gone. Take the bean paste left in the cotton bag and add

sugar and salt. Cook slowly in pout until mixture thickens.

Koshi-an is used as a filler for japanese desserts.

Category: Asian Recipes