19 February 2010 (Issue: 345)

 
   
Method:
1. To make the Youkan, cook water and Azuki beans in a pot until hot. Stir in the agar-agar powder. Mix well. Cook for 2 minutes while stirring constantly until it boils and the agar-agar powder dissolves.
2. Pour into serving glasses and leave them to cool. Refrigerate until set.
3. To make the Kanten layer, pour water or syrup from candied chestnuts into a pot. Turn the heat on. Sprinkle agar-agar powder while stirring the mixture constantly. Cook until the agar-agar dissolves. Keep on stirring over the stove for 2 more minutes.
4. Turn off the heat. Pour the agar-agar mixture into the serving glasses over the set Youkan layer. Refrigerate for about 1 hour until set.
 
Ingredients (4 servings) :
Youkan layer:
TOPVALU Azuki beans 1 200g
TOPVALU agar-agar powder 2 2g
Water 200ml
8 candied chestnuts in syrup  
Kanten layer:
TOPVALU agar-agar powder 4g
Water
(or syrup from candied chestnuts)
400ml
1 scope of ice-cream (any flavour)  

JUSCO TSUSHIN - 19 February 2010 (Issue: 345)
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