Soy milk sweet sake zenzai
Zenzai made with black rice amazake and soy milk is flavorful and nutritious, and has a gentle and mellow taste. It is a healthy recipe that is naturally sweet even though it is sugar-free. Adding kinako or cinnamon for an ethnic flavor makes it even more delicious. Warm amazake and soy milk zenzai is easy to make and perfect as a snack or breakfast on a cold day.
| [Ingredients] 1 serving | |
|---|---|
| Sweet sake | 100cc |
| Soy milk | 50cc |
| Boiled red beans (unsweetened) | 10g |
| Kinako | 1 teaspoon |
| cinnamon | A little |
| rice cake | 1 piece |
*You can enjoy different flavors by adding matcha, granola, brown rice flakes, etc. instead of soybean flour and cinnamon. It is also delicious chilled.
How to make
- Let's grill the rice cakes.
- Mix amazake and soy milk and heat.
- Add boiled red beans to 2 and heat.
- Place the grilled rice cake and 3 in a bowl, sprinkle with soybean flour and cinnamon, and it's done.
About Amazake and "Tokijiku no Mai"
The amazake used in this recipe is "Tokijiku no Mai" (sold by Tsuboguchi Agricultural Future Research Institute, Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture). "Tokijiku no Mai" is a koji amazake made with "Homusume Mai" rice grown using the stork farming method and "black rice". It is non-alcoholic and non-sugar, and has a refreshing natural sweetness.
The name of the "Tokijiku Dance" is said to come from "Tokijiku no Kagu no Konomi" (a fruit that grows at any time of the year and gives off a fragrant aroma), which is said to be the fruit of the present day "Tachibana". It was believed that eating it would help people live a long life without aging.
Tajimamori, who set out on a journey to find the "Hitojikōka", is enshrined as the god of sweets at Nakashima Shrine in Toyooka City, Hyogo Prefecture. Cooking is even more enjoyable when you can also enjoy the origins of the ingredients and the stories surrounding them.
