Adzuki koji

We continue to ride the healthy wave of recipes by Yuhi Che — and we’re grateful for it. Today we bring you an original tip for a legume-based sweet treat.

Ingredients:

• Adzuki beans – 100g
• Komekoji – 100g
• Salt – 1g
• Water – for cooking the beans

Method:

1. Cook the adzuki beans in a pot until tender (about 40–45 minutes)
2. Let them cool down to below 60 °C
3. Mix the beans with komekoji and salt. You may add some of the cooking water if the mixture is too thick
4. Place the mixture into a clean jar and leave it at a temperature of 58–60 °C for 6 hours
5. Then blend the mixture

The resulting adzuki-koji can be used in many ways — as a dessert, on toast, with ice cream, on pancakes, or as a filling for doughnuts.

Enjoy!