Ingredients

  • Red adzuki beans 500g
  • raisins 220g
  • Sweet potato 500g
  • Daily Nuts 3 bags
  • Purified water Appropriate amount
  • Disposable gloves 1 pair

Steps

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

1. Preparing the ingredients is actually very simple. Sweet potatoes increase the sweetness and viscosity of red bean paste. The addition of raisins and nuts not only improves the nutritional value but also increases the rich taste of red bean paste

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

2. Choose sweet potatoes with high sweetness, steam them in a steamer in advance and set aside. Sweet potatoes can not only increase the sweetness, but also increase the viscosity of red bean paste

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

3. Wash the raisins in advance, remove impurities, dry them and set aside

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

4. Pay attention to the changes in red beans: soak the red beans in pure water in advance, the amount of water is double that of the red beans, and the soaking time is a whole night

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

5. Pay attention to the changes in the red beans: The next morning, the red beans are full of water and have become softer and fuller. At this time, the red beans are completely soaked and can be Cooking red beans

Sugar-free and oil-free red beans suitable for people with three heightssand

6. Pay attention to the changes in the red beans: Pour off the excess water, rinse them with water, and see if the red beans are fuller

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

7. Let’s start cooking the red beans. I use an electric cooker. Pour the red beans into the pot. The amount of water is just enough to cover the red beans. As you can see in the picture, don’t add too much water because Red beans that have been soaked overnight will not absorb a lot of water

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

8. Just cook the red beans in an electric cooker over slow heat until the red beans are cooked. It took me about two hours

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

9. Ripe red beans are easy to handle and can be crushed into red bean paste with a shovel

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

10. At this time add the sweet potatoes, nuts and raisins prepared in advance

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

11. Wear disposable gloves and mix evenly with your hands to make red bean paste

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

12. Shape into red bean balls according to required size

Sugar-free and oil-free red bean paste suitable for people with three heights

13. The red bean paste made by this method has a rich and rustic texture and is suitable for making red bean buns or red bean bread, but it is not suitable for making moon cakes.

Tips

  1. 1️⃣Nuts can be mixed as you like. You can use whatever you have at home. The principle is that if they are raw, they need to be roasted in the oven before use.
  2. 2️⃣Because it is sugar-free and oil-free, it is not suitable for making mooncakes. It is only suitable for making red bean buns or red bean snack buns.
  3. 3️⃣If it cannot be used up at one time, it can be frozen and stored. Next time you use it, just take it out and thaw it one day in advance.
  4. 4️⃣ Choose sweet potatoes with high sweetness. If you like sweet potatoes and the finished product does not feel sweet, you can add an appropriate amount of sugar or honey.