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In Japanese cuisine, traditional sweets are known as wagashi, and are made using ingredients such as red bean paste and mochi. Though many desserts and sweets date back to the Edo period (1603–1867) and Meiji period (1868–1911), many modern-day sweets and desserts originating from Japan also exist.
Tofu, also called bean curd, is a food made by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks. It is a component in many East Asian and Southeast Asian cuisines . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Karukan manjū. Karukan (軽羹) is a Japanese confection from Kyushu.The origin of the name is "light" (軽) yokan (羹). Originally, karukan was “saomono gashi” which is a traditional confection in the form of a long block; but “karukan manjū”, which is filled with red bean paste, has become the norm in recent years.
Yamaimo – vague name that can denote either Dioscorea spp. (Japanese yam or Chinese yam) below. The root is often grated into a sort of starchy puree. The correct way is to grate the yam against the grains of the suribachi. Also the tubercle (mukago) used whole. Yamanoimo or jinenjo (Dioscorea japonica) – considered the true Japanese yam.
The confection is a buckwheat and rice cake shaped like a Japanese maple leaf, and is a local specialty on the island of Itsukushima (Miyajima) in Hiroshima. [2] It is typically filled with red bean paste. [2] [3]
Fermented bean paste – Fermented foods made from ground soybeans; Kinako – Roasted soybean flour; Kinema – Nepali fermented soybean; Koya dofu – Type of tofu; Lufu (food) – Type of fermented bean curd; Mamenori – Thin wrappers of soybean paper used as a substitute for nori; Miso – Traditional Japanese seasoning
Imagawayaki (今川焼き) is a wagashi [1] [2] (Japanese dessert) often found at Japanese festivals as well as outside Japan, in countries such as Taiwan and South Korea.It is made of batter in a special pan (similar to a waffle iron but without the honeycomb pattern and instead resembles an "oban" which was the old Japanese coin used during the second half of the 16th century until the 19th ...
Uirō (Japanese: 外郎, 外良, ういろう), also known as uirō-mochi (外郎餅), is a traditional Japanese steamed cake made of glutinous rice flour and sugar. [1] It is chewy, similar to mochi, and subtly sweet. Flavors include azuki bean paste, green tea , yuzu, strawberry and chestnut.