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Adzuki beans have a sweet nutty flavour and natural savoury aroma. Adzuki beans are some of the most nutritious bean To take advantage of their health benefits, you can make adzuki beans part and parcel of your daily diet.

The Ingredients needed to make Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves:

1. It’s 12 of Crackers (I used Ritz crackers)
2. You need 1 small of can Canned boiled adzuki beans
3. Prepare 1 large of Umeboshi (I recommend honey umeboshi)
4. Prepare 3 of to 4 Shiso leaves
5. You need 1 tbsp of A Sugar
6. Prepare 1 grams of Powdered kanten
7. Prepare 1 of Butter (optional)
8. Prepare 1 of Cheese (optional)

And that miso dressing combined with the crunchy veggies and adzuki beans sound wonderful! Do you not cook the cabbage and sugar snap peas? Is it because they pickle in the dressing? Adzuki beans originate from China whereas kidney beans are native to Central America and Mexico.

Step to make Monaka-style Adzuki Bean Cracker Sandwiches With the Aroma of Pickled Plums and Shiso Leaves:

1. Take the pit out of the umeboshi and mince the flesh. Finely chop the shiso leave
2. Put the boiled adzuki beans, umeboshi and A ingredients (sugar, powdered kanten) in a saucepan and mix together. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly.
3. It will become thick after 3-5 minute Remove from heat before it becomes too thick and stir in the finely chopped shiso leave
4. Let cool, and the Plum Shiso Bean Paste is done. Put in as many shiso leaves as you like.
5. Sandwich the filling between crackers and thats it Garnish with more shiso leave..
6. Variation 1 Spread with butter for an anko butter sandwich.
7. Variation 2 Spread with cream cheese for an anko cheese sandwich.
8. These are the crackers I used this time.

For this anko recipe, Im using the tsubushian technique of boiling the beans and mashing them with the skin on. The texture isnt as smooth as mashing them through a sieve but its just a Sumo Rice Crackers: Gachinko Senbei【Sweets Tales】. Wash plums gently, remove hulls with a bamboo stick, and dry well with paper towels one by one. Please make sure the plums are dried well otherwise the moisture of plums will cause growing mold in the jar.

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