Tuesday, 13 November 2007

Zenzai (ぜんざい)



I cooked black beans the other day, and I thought the taste was very similar to red kidney beans. (I'm not sure if everybody agrees with me though.) So, I decided to have them as hot Zenzai adding glutinous rice flour dumplings.

In Japan, azuki beans are used for Zenzai while red kidney beans are commonly used in Okinawa. Okinawan zenzai is topped with crushed ice, and if it's without ice and served hot, we simply call it "hot zenzai."

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