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Adzuki Bean Organic Eden
This small, dried ruby-coloured legume has a sweet flavour and is prized by Asians for centuries to bring good fortune. It is also traditionally used in weddings and New Year celebrations.
Adzuki beans can be purchased whole or powdered at Asian markets. They are particularly popular in Japanese cooking where they're used in confections such as the popular YOKAN, made with adzuki-bean paste and AGAR.
These Adzuki beans have a strong, nutty, sweet flavour, and are used in the macrobiotic diet. They probably originate from China and are imported from China and Thailand where they are harvested in November and December. In the Orient, adzuki beans are usually cooked to a red soft consistency and served with ingredients such as coconut milk. They are also cooked with rice, their bright colour tinting the rice an attractive pink, as in the Japanese Red-cooked Festival Rice. In the East, it is also common to find adzuki beans sweetened with sugar and made into cakes and sweetmeats.
Health Benefits
Low in fat and high in calcium, potassium, vitamins B1 B2 and fibre. High in protein. It is reputed to be effective for beriberi, kidney trouble (ridding of excess fluid), relieving stiff neck, muscle ache, fatigue and prevention of diarrhoea. Together with winter squash, it is said to be traditionally used to minimize sweet cravings.
Nutrition Facts
Water: 15.5%, Protein: 20.3%, Fat: 2.2%, Carbohydrate: 54.4%, Dietary Fibre: 4.3%, Ash: 3.3%, Calories/100g: 326 Cal.
Per cent, daily values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
How to use
First, soak beans overnight to reduce cooking time. Rinse and drain thoroughly. For 1 cup beans, add 3-4 cups water. Cover and simmer under medium heat for 45 min to an hour until soft; 2 hours if the beans are not soaked. You may add honey or brown rice malt to consume.
5-day sprouts add a sweet, succulent flavour to the salad.
In East Asian cuisine the adzuki bean is commonly eaten sweetened. In particular, it is often boiled with sugar, resulting in red bean paste.
Yokan is a thick jellied dessert made of Adzuki bean paste, agar, and sugar.
Pastry can be decorated with sweetened Adzuki beans
Red bean paste is used in many Chinese foods, such as tangyuan, zongzi, mooncakes, baozi, and red bean ice. It is also used as a filling for Japanese sweets such as anmitsu, taiyaki and daifuku. A more liquid version, using adzuki beans boiled with sugar and a pinch of salt, produces a sweet dish called red bean soup. Azuki beans are also commonly eaten sprouted or boiled in a hot, tea-like drink. Some Asian cultures enjoy red bean paste as a filling or topping for various kinds of waffles, pastries, baked buns or biscuits.
In Japan, rice with adzuki beans is traditionally cooked for auspicious occasions. Adzuki beans are also used to produce amanatto and as a popular flavour of ice cream.
Adzuki beans, along with butter and sugar, form the basis of the popular Somali supper dish cambuulo.
In Gujarat, India, they are known as Chori.
Ingredient
Adzuki Bean
Storage
Keep in a cool and dry place.
Type
Dried Food – Beans
Product of USA
Available: 400g
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