Pearly Kee, Traditional cooking of Red Bean paste for mooncakes.

Описание: We love red bean. The Asians to make things using red or orange for celebrations. For mooncakes, the usual beans we used are Red beans or green beans. All are cooked in the same manner, no need to remove the skin.

600 grams Red Bean, wash and rinse. Look out for stones or dust sediment.
Tap water to boil the bean. At least 2 cm above the red beans.
Cook and simmer for 20 to 30 mins.
Or you can buy canned cooked beans
10 mooncakes pieces, you will need a can of 300 grams to further cooked with sugar and oil.

Once cooked, cool it and blend till fine.
Example: 600 grams of Cooked blended red beans
In a non stick pan, cook with:
Fragrant Peanut Oil 230 grams (pour in 4 to 6 times alternate with)
White Sugar 300 grams (scoop in 4 to 6 times)
Wheat Starch (for adding later

Cook by mixing oil and sugar are well incorporated. Cooking time 30 to 50 mins, depending on the heat. Any sign of burn layer at bottom, means paste is fully cooked. Turn off heat and cool before making into balls with the toasted seeds and cured slated egg yolk. You get approximately 10 to 12 pieces of mooncakes.

Red beans paste can be quite wet after cooking with sugar and peanut oil, because there is no way to dispose or drain off the liquid. You either can cook drier. Or at the end of cooking, you add wheat starch, 50 to 80 grams.
As you mixed it slowly spoon by spoon the color and mix will come together. You will get that experience by cooking it.

At the end of it or practice after 2 to 3 times, you become an expert. It will be an achievement! Good luck.

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