You can use hulled or unhulled sesame seeds. Oil: for deep frying Sweet red bean paste: The filling inside the sesame balls ...

On the Autumnal Equinox 122 years ago, Haiku poet Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902) ate “ohagi” sticky rice balls coated with sweet red bean paste while sick in bed with spinal caries. He penned ...

This year, the shop collaborated with a local Belgian beer specialty store to introduce a beer-infused “yokan” (sweet jellied red bean paste). “I would like to expand the neo wagashi ...

The red bean paste is a tonic which nourishes ... Place a layer of sweetened rice in the basin, then spread a thinner layer of sweet bean paste on top of the rice. Repeat the layers, finishing ...