Easy and Delicious Mizu Yokan

Name: Easy and Delicious Mizu Yokan
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 can ◎Canned cooked adzuki beans (sweetened type); 200 ml ◎Water; 4 grams ☆Powdered kanten; 30 grams ☆Sugar (the type of your choice); 200 ml ☆Water

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This is the season when you want to have mizu yokan. Koshi-an (smooth azuki bean paste) is expensive, and is a bother to make... I tried cutting many corners, but I've finally settled on this method and ratio of ingredients.

I uploaded this recipe in the summer. Kanten gels at room temperature, so if you are making this in the winter in a cold room, increase the amount of hot water used of the 400 ml.
In order to have a silky smooth yokan, be sure to puree the beans in the blender very well. Recipe by Soraten mama

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Ingredients

1 can◎Canned cooked adzuki beans (sweetened type)
200 ml◎Water
4 grams☆Powdered kanten
30 grams☆Sugar (the type of your choice)
200 ml☆Water

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Steps

1

The ingredients used are these (from left to right: powdered kanten, canned cooked adzuki beans, sugar) plus water. I used beet sugar.
2

The ◎ ingredients are not heated, and the ☆ are. The more water you have in ◎, the faster the yokan will cool, but if you use too much non-heated water the ingredients might set while you're still working.
3

Put all the ☆ ingredients in a pan and start heating. When it's bubbling, simmer for about 2 minutes, then turn off the heat. You have to simmer it or the kanten won't set.
4

Next, put the entire contents of the can of adzuki beans in a blender. It won't blend well on its own, so add some of the ◎ water little by little, and process.
5

Reserve some of the ◎ water. By processing the beans at this point until they're smooth, the yokan will have a silky texture.
6

Add the well pureed beans to the the pan with the kanten liquid.
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Add the remaining ◎ water to the blender, rinse out the bean purée sticking to the sides and pour into the pan. This was the reason for reserving some of the ◎ water.
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All the ingredients are in the pan now. They will now be poured into the mold.
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When the mixture has cooled down enough to refrigerate, put it in the refrigerator to chill and set completely. Since the ◎ ingredients are not heated, it should cool down right away.