mashed sweetened red bean paste

ingredients:

• 22 ounces boiled red (azuki)
• beans
• 7 ounces sugar
• 2/5 cup water

step 1:

Place the boiled red (azuki) beans, sugar and water in a pan.

step 2:

Bring to a boil. Be careful to stir from time to time to prevent the beans from sticking to the pan. Boil about 5 minutes until the beans become paste. Remove from heat.

step 3:

Remove bean paste from pan and cool in a shallow container.