Red bean paste
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Red bean paste or Azuki bean paste (Template:Zh-cp, Japanese: 餡; romaji: an) is a food item prepared by boiling and mashing azuki beans with sugar.
Red bean paste is used in many Chinese desserts, such as:
Red bean paste is used in many Japanese desserts, such as:
- Anmitsu (an and jelly)
- Dorayaki (azuki bean pancake)
- Oshiruko (azuki bean soup)
- Uirō (a traditional Japanese steamed cake)
There are different varieties of an-
- koshian which is homogenous and smooth
- tsubuan which has some (sweet) whole beans still in it
The cartoon hero Anpanman is an anthropomorphic bun filled with azuki bean paste.