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Strawberry Daifuku (Strawberry Mochi) いちご大福

March 20, 2012
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Strawberry Daifuku is a soft tender white mochi with sweet anko wrapped around a whole strawberry; it’s the popular spring time sweet in Japan.

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Zenzai | Oshiruko (Sweet Red Bean Soup) ぜんざい

March 12, 2012
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Enjoy delicious homemade Zenzai (red bean soup) with toasted mochi. It’s very simple and homemade is always the best.

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Sekihan (Japanese Azuki Beans & Rice)　赤飯

January 9, 2012
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Traditional Japanese rice recipe enjoyed during celebrations, sweet rice cooked with red bean and garnished with black sesame.

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Dorayaki (Japanese Red Bean Pancake) どら焼き

October 28, 2011
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Dorayaki is a classic Japanese dessert best known for being Doraemon’s (popular Japanese anime character from 70′s) favorite dessert. It’s a dessert sandwich with delicious red bean filling between two fluffy pancake buns.

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Red Bean Ice Cream

July 11, 2011
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I am going to share with you today my favorite sweets in the entire world, it’s red bean ice cream. When I was pregnant with my daughter, I had to eat a red bean ice cream bar every single day. I love any sweets with red bean and since summer’s here, I want to share my favorite dessert ingredient in it’s very best form with you.

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Red Bean Pancake

March 16, 2011
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Red bean is probably by far the most popular ingredients in traditional Japanese sweet. It’s use is very versatile and can be served many ways, in an ice bar, with warm mochi, inside taiyaki, etc. Here’s a simple recipe on how to make red bean pancake dessert.

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