3 months ago on February 24, 2012
askfirelordzuko: gayforkorra: atla-annotated: Fried Festival Food The fried festival food Sokka and Uncle are enjoying is filled with red bean paste. Red bean paste  红豆沙 or Azuki bean paste is a sweet, dark red bean paste originating from China. It is used in Chinese cuisine, Japanese confectionery, and Korean cuisine. It is prepared by boiling and mashing azuki beans and then sweetening the paste with sugar or honey. The husk of the beans may be removed by sieving before sweetening, which leads to a smoother and more homogeneous paste. Want to make your own? Image source and recipe Jien Duy Recipe (deep fried sesame balls with red bean paste filling) adapted from Lily’s Wai Sek Hong 1 (500 g) package of sweetened red bean paste (Note:  Keep refrigerated up until the moment you’re ready to use it.  The original recipe made this from scratch, so you could do that too if you’d like.) vegetable oil for deep frying 1/4 to 1/2 cup untoasted white sesame seeds (Note:  I made the mistake of using toasted sesame seeds so as you can see from the photos above, they look a bit darker than desired.) 454 g (1 lb) glutinious rice flour 3 tbsp rice flour 2 tsp baking powder 200 g granulated white sugar 450 g water 1/2 tsp sea salt 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1/2 cup instant plain mashed potato flakes (Note:  The brand I used was Betty Crocker.  You could use unseasoned, finely mashed potatoes that were made from scratch instead if you wanted to, but I’m not sure how much you would need.) In a large, heat proof bowl, mix together the glutinous rice flour, rice flour, and baking powder, and set aside.  Read more here… I eat this regularly. OOC: my Korean grandmother keeps packs of read bean buns and bread in her cabinets in her kitchen  she tells me I ate like a dozen when I was 8 and got sick. IT was worth it I love them. These are like my staple foods~ 

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Fried Festival Food

The fried festival food Sokka and Uncle are enjoying is filled with red bean paste.

Red bean paste  红豆沙 or Azuki bean paste is a sweet, dark red bean paste originating from China. It is used in Chinese cuisine, Japanese confectionery, and Korean cuisine. It is prepared by boiling and mashing azuki beans and then sweetening the paste with sugar or honey. The husk of the beans may be removed by sieving before sweetening, which leads to a smoother and more homogeneous paste.

Want to make your own? Image source and recipe

Jien Duy Recipe (deep fried sesame balls with red bean paste filling)

adapted from Lily’s Wai Sek Hong

1 (500 g) package of sweetened red bean paste (Note:  Keep refrigerated up until the moment you’re ready to use it.  The original recipe made this from scratch, so you could do that too if you’d like.)

vegetable oil for deep frying

1/4 to 1/2 cup untoasted white sesame seeds (Note:  I made the mistake of using toasted sesame seeds so as you can see from the photos above, they look a bit darker than desired.)

454 g (1 lb) glutinious rice flour

3 tbsp rice flour

2 tsp baking powder

200 g granulated white sugar

450 g water

1/2 tsp sea salt

2 tbsp vegetable oil

1/2 cup instant plain mashed potato flakes (Note:  The brand I used was Betty Crocker.  You could use unseasoned, finely mashed potatoes that were made from scratch instead if you wanted to, but I’m not sure how much you would need.)

In a large, heat proof bowl, mix together the glutinous rice flour, rice flour, and baking powder, and set aside.  Read more here…

I eat this regularly.

OOC: my Korean grandmother keeps packs of read bean buns and bread in her cabinets in her kitchen  she tells me I ate like a dozen when I was 8 and got sick. IT was worth it I love them.

These are like my staple foods~ 

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    This stuff is really, really good. So are fried Chinese jujubes, something similar but not quite.
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    Red bean buns are amazing !!!!
  10. cuddlypoops reblogged this from xthephoenixqueen and added:
    These are like my staple foods~
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    Oh god, that stuff is SO GOOD.
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    OOC: my Korean grandmother keeps packs of read bean buns and bread in her cabinets in her kitchen she tells me I ate...
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