STEAMED MANJU (HAWAIIAN SWEET BEAN CAKES)

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Steamed cakes filled with a red bean paste (made from boiled azuki beans and sugar). Hawaiian version of a traditional Japanese confection.

Provided by littleturtle

Categories     Dessert

Time 55m

Yield 25 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1 (18 ounce) can tsubushi-an (red azuki bean paste)
3 1/2 cups flour or 3 1/2 cups rice flour
4 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/4 cups sugar
3 egg whites (unbeaten)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup milk

Steps:

  • Form bean paste into 25 balls each about the size of a walnut.
  • Sift together flour, baking powder, and sugar.
  • Add egg whites and oil to dry ingredients and mix well.
  • Add milk while stirring (dough should be soft but not runny and not too sticky) (coloring may be added as well, if desired).
  • Divide dough into 25 equal portions and flatten each to a 3-inch diameter.
  • Cover each bean paste ball with a portion of dough.
  • Place them on pieces of Ti leaf or 2x2-inch square pieces of waxed paper.
  • Steam for 15 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 146.5, Fat 4.7, SaturatedFat 0.7, Cholesterol 0.7, Sodium 67.4, Carbohydrate 23.8, Fiber 0.5, Sugar 10.1, Protein 2.4

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