Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup)
Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup)

Hey everyone, it’s me again, Dan, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, zenzai (sweet azuki soup). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Zenzai (ぜんざい) is a traditional Japanese dessert soup made with azuki beans. This sweet red bean soup is served hot with mochi (rice cake) or shiratama dango (glutinous rice flour dumplings) inside the soup. Slightly sweet, with a gentle fragrance from the red beans, the dessert soup has the instant magic of warming up one's soul. Zenzai is sweet Azuki red bean soup with baked Mochi or Dango in it.

Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are nice and they look wonderful. Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup) is something which I’ve loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook zenzai (sweet azuki soup) using 4 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup):
  1. Make ready 1 cup ‘Azuki’ Beans (Red Beans)
  2. Get 1/2-1 cup Sugar
  3. Take 1/8-1/6 teaspoon Salt
  4. Get 4 Mochi (Rice Cakes) *OR Dango Dumplings, ‘Mochi Ice Cream’ is also good!

In the region I grew up, 'Zenzai' is a sweet Azuki soup, often served with toasted Mochi (Rice Cake). Japanese zenzai is an unusual dessert which combines thick red bean soup with mochi, the famous sticky rice cake. It can be made by boiling dried red beans or diluting anko (sweetened red bean paste) in water. The soup can either have a coarse or a completely smooth texture.

Instructions to make Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup):
  1. Place Azuki Beans in a large saucepan or a pot and cover them with a plenty of water, and cook until the beans are swollen and plump. Darin the water. *Soaking the beans in water overnight saves cooking time.
  2. Return the beans back into the saucepan, cover with plenty of water again, and cook until the beans are tender.
  3. Remove excess water OR add extra water to make the water level just enough to cover the beans. Add Sugar and Salt, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for a few more minutes.
  4. Enjoy with Toasted Mochi (Rice Cakes) or Dango Dumplings. 'Zenzai' can be enjoyed hot or cold. *Note: Mochi Ice Cream is also good.

It can be made by boiling dried red beans or diluting anko (sweetened red bean paste) in water. The soup can either have a coarse or a completely smooth texture. Texturally, the azuki beans are typically cooked down until completely soft, and sweetened delicately. It pairs really beautifully with the chewy, springy texture of mochi, and is served with a sweet "soup". You can see my live tasting, and a tutorial video here!

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