Thai Red Beans (454g) by XO

Thai red beans (454g) by XO

The reddish-brown, dried bean of the annual climbing plant. Aduki beans are smaller and less elongated than, for example, kidney beans or kidney beans. There are also white, black, grey and spotted aduki beans, but most of them are red. They taste nutty & sweet and are mainly eaten in sweet snacks and desserts throughout Asia. In the West (especially by vegetarians) like other legumes also in savoury dishes.

How to use:
Dried aduki beans are soaked for at least 24 hours in plenty of cold water and then cooked in clean water with a lot of sugar and a pinch of salt. After this you can leave them whole (tsubu-an), rough coarse (tsubushi-an) or get rid of sheets and grind completely (koshi-an). The latter is a lot of work and that is why you can buy ready-made sweet bean paste in every shop. Just like green mung beans, aduki beans can also be germinated as a variant of bean sprouts.

Product of Thailand.