‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice
‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice

Hey everyone, it’s Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a distinctive dish, ‘sekihan’ azuki rice. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Sekihan or Red Bean Rice is a traditional rice dish served on happy occasions in Japan. Glutinous rice is cooked with azuki beans till chewy and tender and topped with a sprinkle of salt and black sesame seeds. What are some of the celebratory dishes in your culture? In Japan, we have quite a number of foods that we eat on special occasions.

‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. ‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice is something that I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook ‘sekihan’ azuki rice using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make ‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice:
  1. Make ready 2 cups (*180ml cup) Short Grain Glutinous Rice
  2. Make ready 1 cup (*180ml cup) Japanese Short Grain Rice
  3. Get 1/3 cup Azuki (Red Beans)
  4. Take 500 ml Water
  5. Get 3/4 teaspoon Salt *1 teaspoon might be too salty
  6. Take Toasted Black Sesame Seeds & Salt

Steamed sticky rice tinted red with adzuki beans is essential Japanese celebration food, for graduations, festivals, milestone birthdays and even first periods (to the extreme embarrassment of. Sekihan, which is a type of Japanese rice made from glutinous rice and azuki beans, is one of the delicious foods that we eat as part of the New Year's feast. The dish is called 'Sekihan' (Red Rice) in Japan and it is basically steamed 'Mochi-gome' (Short Grain Glutinous Rice) with 'Sasage Beans' that are very similar to Azuki Beans. These days more people conveniently cook it using rice cooker.

Instructions to make ‘Sekihan’ Azuki Rice:
  1. Place washed Azuki (Red Beans) and Water in a large saucepan and cook for about 30 minutes until beans are just cooked but still firm.
  2. When beans are cooked, drain but you must save the liquid, which will be used to cook rice.
  3. Wash Rice and drain. Place Rice and Azuki Beans in the rice cooker’s inner pot, add 450ml of cooled red liquid and Salt, mix evenly. *Note: If the red liquid is not enough, add some water to make about 450ml.
  4. Press the Cook/Start button. When the rice is cooked and steamed, open the lid and toss the rice gently trying not to break beans.
  5. Traditionally sprinkle some Black Sesame Seeds and Salt over the top and serve.

The dish is called 'Sekihan' (Red Rice) in Japan and it is basically steamed 'Mochi-gome' (Short Grain Glutinous Rice) with 'Sasage Beans' that are very similar to Azuki Beans. These days more people conveniently cook it using rice cooker. But there are some tips to remember. WHAT IS SEKIHAN Sekihan (赤飯) is a dish served on special occasions throughout Japan, made of red azuki beans and sweet rice. Other names for sweet rice are mochigome, glutinous rice - and most commonly, sticky rice.

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