Homemade Smooth Red Bean Paste Recipe
Red bean paste is a very common filling, especially in Chinese, Japanese and Korean desserts. It is not difficult to make smooth red bean paste at home.
Rate
Prep Time 1 hour hr 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 2 hours hrs
Total Time 3 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Course Dessert, Ingredient
Cuisine Asian
Servings 10 servings
Calories 126 kcal
150 g red bean 600 ml water 200 g granulated sugar 30 g cooking oil about 2¼ tbsps 10 g glutinous rice flour + 2 tbsps water ¼ tsp of salt
Wash and rinse red bean, soak overnight in the refrigerator. Soaking dry bean overnight will shorten the cooking time.
Drain and add in 600ml water, bring to the boil, reduce to low heat and cook for 2 hours.
Puree the cooked red bean until smooth using a blender.
Sieve the red bean for smoother paste texture.
Add sugar(200 g), salt(¼ tsp), cooking oil(30 g) and slaked glutinous rice flour to pureed red bean, mix until blended.
Cook over medium heat until smooth and shiny paste formed, stirring constantly (about 35 minutes).
Red bean paste can be prepared in advance, put in container and freeze it. Return frozen paste to room temperature before using.
This recipe yields 490 g of paste divided into 10 servings.
The nutritional value for reference is for 1 serving (49 g) of paste.
Calories: 126 kcal Carbohydrates: 24 g Protein: 1 g Fat: 3 g Saturated Fat: 0.2 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 1 g Monounsaturated Fat: 2 g Trans Fat: 0.01 g Sodium: 62 mg Potassium: 62 mg Fiber: 1 g Sugar: 20 g Vitamin C: 0.2 mg Calcium: 6 mg Iron: 0.5 mg
Keyword red bean paste, smooth red bean paste