red bean paste
Mooncake filling ingredient
Red bean paste is a sweet filling made from boiled and mashed azuki beans, common in East Asian desserts and pastries.
It appears in Japanese mochi, Chinese mooncakes, and Korean buns.
The paste ranges from smooth to chunky, and from lightly sweetened to intensely sugary: The taiyaki was filled with red bean paste.
- azukiSmall red legume
- mochiPounded Japanese rice paste
- sweetTasting of sugar
- fillingMaterial placed within
- bunSoft rounded roll
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- pastestahini, harissa, gochujang, sambal, sofrito
- plant-based foodstofu, miso, tempeh, seitan, edamame
- Asian importschopsticks, rice cooker, rice cookers, soy sauce, wok
- Japanese sweetsmochi, azuki, sweet rice cake
- pounded/mashed foodsmashed potatoes, guacamole, hummus, fufu, poi
- anko
filling/spread type
red bean pastejam
Cooked fruit spread
custard · cream filling · chocolate ganache · fruit preserves · peanut butter
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