Mashed Sweetened Red Bean Paste Recipe

                           Mashed Sweetened Red Bean Paste

This recipe is almost always used in manjyū, yōkan and other Japanese sweets and is sometimes spread on toast.

Ingredients:
* 630 g boiled red (azuki) beans
* 200 g sugar
* 100 ml water

Cooking Procedure:

• Place the boiled red (azuki) beans, sugar and water in a pan.
• Bring to a boil. Be careful to stir from time to time to prevent the beans from sticking to the pan. Boil about 5 minutes until the beans become paste. Remove from heat.
• Remove bean paste from pan and cool in a shallow container.