Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, zenzai (sweet azuki soup). It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup) is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They are nice and they look wonderful. Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup) is something that I have loved my whole life.

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.

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

The ingredients needed to make Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup):

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

The soup can either have a coarse or a completely smooth texture. Zenzai (Sweet Azuki Soup) For those who love sweet Azuki (Red Bean) paste, which is a very popular ingredient for many sweets, I introduce a traditional Japanese sweet, 'Zenzai'. In the region I grew up, 'Zenzai' is a sweet Azuki soup, often served with toasted Mochi (Rice Cake). 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.

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.

In the region I grew up, 'Zenzai' is a sweet Azuki soup, often served with toasted Mochi (Rice Cake). 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. 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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