Today I will finish my bean recipes series with a couple of delicious bean desserts. I hope you’ll like them.
Black Bean Dessert
6 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb black beans (soaked overnight in water)
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 lb brown sugar
- 2 cinnamon sticks
- 3 cloves
- 1 ½ tablespoon sesame seeds (toasted)
Cooking guidelines
Discard the soaking water and boil the beans until become soft.
Mash the beans and place in a medium sized pan. Add the milk, sugar, cinnamon and cloves.
Take to medium heat stirring constantly until thickened and remove from heat.
Take out cinnamon sticks and cloves. Stir in 1 tablespoon sesame seeds.
Transfer to a bowl and top with remaining sesame seeds.
Adzuki Bean Dessert
8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 can red adzuki beans
- 1 package of White Agar-Agar (Kanten)
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 drop of vanilla or cinnamon
Cooking guidelines
Wash Kanten under running water and squeeze excess water out of it.
Chop up Kanten into small pieces and soak in saucepan with 4 3/4 cups of water for 15 minutes.
Then cook Kanten stirring constantly until dissolved. Add sugar and salt. Add the Azuki beans and continue to stir for at least 5 minutes until the beans are warmed.
Remove the saucepan from heat and pour the mixture in a flat pan.
Serving
Cool and refrigerate until hardened and cut into bite-size pieces.
Enjoy!
