Japanese Desserts Recipes - Red Bean Pancakes (Oora-Yaki) Dessert Recipe

  
 

Japanese Desserts Recipes - Red Bean Pancakes (Oora-Yaki)

Ingredients

  • 2 cups (300 g) cornstarch

  • 4 teaspoons sugar

  • 1 cup (250 ml) water

  • 1 egg white, beaten until fluffy

  • Oil, to grease pan

  • 1 cup (7 oz/200 g) Sweetened Azuki Bean Paste (see recipe)

Method:

  1. Sift the cornstarch into a bowl and add the sugar. Stir in the water to make a smooth batter, then fold in the egg white. Heat a frying pan and grease lightly with oil. Drop about 1 1/2 tablespoons of the batter into the pan, letting it spread by itself.

  2. When tiny bubbles begin to form on the pancake surface, turn over. Fry for 30 seconds, then remove. Make another pancake in the same fashion. Spread 1 heaped teaspoon of the azuki bean paste onto one pancake and cover with the second pancake. Repeat until all the batter is used up.