Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, a summertime sweet from tohoku: zunda (edamame) mochi. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Boil the edamame in salted water until tender (just go with the same big pinch of salt that you 'd use to boil edamame regularly). Zunda mochi is made with mochi coated with sweetened mashed edamame, which is popular mainly in the southern part of Tohoku district. It is said the origin of a ward "zunda" came from "zuda" which meant mashing beans.
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To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have a summertime sweet from tohoku: zunda (edamame) mochi using 4 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make A Summertime Sweet from Tohoku: Zunda (Edamame) Mochi:
- Get 1 bag Edamame
- Make ready 50 grams Castor sugar
- Prepare 1/4 tsp plus Salt
- Make ready 7 to 8 Store-bought sliced mochi cakes (if available)
This "zunda mochi" has an exquisite, seasonal flavor that can only be enjoyed during the season in which producers harvest the edamame. Great recipe for A Summertime Sweet from Tohoku: Zunda (Edamame) Mochi. In Iwate prefecture, where I'm from, this is a very popular snack. It's made in every household during edamame season, and served with green tea.
Steps to make A Summertime Sweet from Tohoku: Zunda (Edamame) Mochi:
- Boil the edamame in salted water until tender (just go with the same big pinch of salt that you'd use to boil edamame regularly).
- Take the edamame out of their pods, and peel the thin skin off the beans. Put the peeled beans in a grinding bowl. (The beans with the pods and skins removed should be about 100 to 130 g.)
- Grind the edamame into a smooth paste. It's important not to leave any lumps. Carefully grind the beans for a smooth, creamy paste.
- Once the edamame beans are mashed, keep grinding as you would grind sesame seeds until it's as smooth as possible.
- Add sugar in several batches, and keep grinding to dissolve.
- Add the salt and grind it in. The zunda-an (edamame bean paste) is done.
- Cut the mochi cakes in half and put in a heatproof dish. Add enough water to cover the mochi, and microwave until softened.
- Drain the mochi well, and serve with the zunda-an.
- Store-bought zunda-an has water to make it more creamy. To make yours like the kind you'd find at the store, add a little water that's been boiled and cooled.
- The zunda-an is also delicious with shiratama dumplings instead of mochi. You can also use it as a spread on bread, or to fill various sweets. The zunda-an can also be frozen if you want to keep it for longer.
Boil the edamame until they're very tender, or you'll have a hard time. Zunda-mochi is a traditional dessert of Northeast Japan. It is mochi covered with zunda, which is sweet edamame (green soybeans) paste. Zunda is mostly used for sweets but salty version is also eaten in Northeast Japan. You can find a variety of zunda flavored foods in the area, such as zunda.
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