azuki bean

Asian red legume

Azuki beans are small, reddish-brown legumes central to East Asian cooking.

They're typically sweetened and made into red bean paste for desserts, pastries, and fillings—the base for Japanese confections like mochi and dorayaki.

The beans can also be eaten whole in soups or rice dishes.

Also spelled adzuki or aduki.

dessert

mochi

Pounded Japanese rice paste

tapioca

legume

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cultivation

Japan

East Asian archipelago nation

harvest · field · pod · plant · vine · growing season · crop · organic · heirloom · dried

savory

rice

Staple cereal grain

dumpling · curry · soup · stew · salad · onigiri · grain bowl

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bean type/variety

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Curved edible legume seed

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