Chinese•budget
Red Bean Paste
Homemade sweet red bean paste with two ways (simplified smashed version and traditional smooth versioin)
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 1 hr
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 cup red beans (azuki bean)
- 3 cups water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tiny pinch of salt
- 2 tbsp. butter, lard or vegetable oil
- 1 cup red beans (azuki bean) ( ,azuki bean ,around 200g)
- 3 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tbsp. butter or vegetable oil ( ,28 to 30g)
- a tiny pinch of salt
Instructions
- 1
Wash the red beans and soak the dried red beans at least 8 hours or overnight. Longer soaking time can shorten the cooking time.
- 2
Drain and add around 3 cups of water in a high pressure cooker along with the beans.
- 3
Cook the beans for around 40 minutes or until quite soft.
- 4
Smashed version
- 5
Smooth version
- 6
How to store