Wagashi shop “Suzumeya” in Ikebukuro
Naoko OkadaSuzumeya This wagashi store is located on the tranquil back street in Ikebukuro district. The closest station is Ikebukuro and it takes 7 ~8 min on foot. This s...
How should azuki(red beans) be stored?
Azuki is susceptible to humidity and can stand aridity susceptible to the heat and can stand cold susceptible to insects and mice In this regard, azuki(red ...
Azuki calms you down
The book in Edo period; Honchou-Shokkan says that Azuki has fallowing effects. ・Calms you down ・Increase urination ・Reduce pain and inflammation ・Detox ・Increas...
Anmitsu
It is made of small translucent cubes of agar jelly and served in a bowl with sweet azuki(red beans paste), boiled green peas and mitsu( sweet black syrup). Wit...
Boiled azuki(red beans) recipe with Donabe(Japanese traditional pots)
You can start boiling azuki( red beans) immediately after washing them. If you use donabe(pots made of a special clay), you can turn the heat off and let...
Boil azuki(red beans) with pressure cooker
Azuki is small bean and therefore it’s easy for the heat to go through it. However, with pressure cooker, which put high pressure on beans could possibly rip be...
Hold on to the beauty forever ??
Even thought red beans are small, they have enormous power to keep you beautiful. There are several ways to stay healthy and keep your beauty, such as not expos...
Kintsuba
This is one of the wagashi(Japanese traditional sweet) They are made from anko(red beans taste) which was dipped into the very light batter and cooked. It has t...
How to make Stock Azuki with thermos flask
Basically when you boil Azuki(red beans) you have to stay put with pot to keep eyes on it. However, thermos flask saves you the time. You also don’t have to wor...
Sugar for anko(sweet read beans paste)
Homemade anko(sweet read beans paste) depends on the sugar you use. I would like to write about different types of sugar and each compatibilities. Tradi...
