Easy and simple! ? Let's try Sendai's famous zunda at home!

Miyagi Prefecture's representative foods include beef tongue, sasakama, and zunda mochi.
Among them, zunda is so popular nationwide that it is used in a variety of sweets.

Zunda is a popular ingredient in not only Japanese sweets but also Western-style sweets.
It's also famous for Matsuko Deluxe's ​​praise of the "Zunda Shake"!
But did you know that you can easily make Zunda at home?

This time, we will explain the origins of "Zunda," a typical food of Miyagi Prefecture, and introduce an easy way to make it

Zunda is made from edamame soybeans! It's delicious when seasoned with salt and used as a salad!

Zunda is a paste-like paste made by mashing edamame and broad beans, and is a Japanese sweet characterized by its vibrant light green color and exquisite edamame aroma. One of its charms is the granular texture and subtle sweetness of the edamame that gives it a deep flavor when you take a bite! Its rich color makes it a very popular ingredient on social media

The name comes from the Japanese character for "zuda," which means "to beat beans."
It is used in local cuisine from as far north as Akita and southern Iwate, to as far south as northern Tochigi.
However, when it comes to zunda, Miyagi and Yamagata are the two
Recently, Miyagi Prefecture has been using zunda made with locally grown beans, such as "Sendai Cha Mame" and Yamagata Prefecture has been using "Dada Cha Mame," in an effort to differentiate themselves.

In the past, zunda was associated with mochi (rice cakes), but in recent years it has come to be used in a variety of sweets, and is popular as a souvenir, Japanese confectionery, or even Western confectionery, under the name of zunda sweets.
Although zunda is famous as a sweet, it can also be used unsweetened and salted in salads.
Eggplant and taro are often used, so once you've learned how to make zunda from this article, why not give it a try?

How to make "Zunda" that anyone can do easily!

Now, let me show you how to make Zunda!
It takes time, but anyone can make it easily, so give it a try!

The materials are:

The edamame used this time are from Sendai .

The weight is about 300 grams.
It is 300 grams with the skin on, but in reality it will be about 1/3 of that.

1. Boil the edamame.
Rub the edamame with salt and boil them.
3-4 minutes is fine, just like when you eat edamame normally, but if you want a thicker paste, you can increase the boiling time.

2. Peel the skin.
After boiling, peel the soybeans. Be sure to peel the inner skin as well.
This time, it took about 30 minutes to peel the 300 grams of edamame used.
Please use this as a rough guide!

3.
Weigh the weight of the peeled edamame beans.
This is because the amount of sugar to use is proportional to the weight of the edamame beans.
In this case, we have about 100 grams, so we will use about one-third of that, or about 33 grams, of sugar.

4. Grinding
Normally, you would mash it in a mortar and pestle, but if you want to save time, you can also use a food processor as shown in the image.
If you grind it for a long time, the granular texture will disappear, so it's best to stop the grinding frequently while grinding.

5.
Add the sugar and crushed beans to a pot and simmer over low heat for 5 to 6 minutes.
Taste the mixture and add salt to adjust the flavor.

6.
Once it's finished simmering, let it cool and it's done!
Enjoy it however you like, by eating it with mochi or using it in sweets.

*If you are making it into a salad, try using 1/10 of the sugar and more salt

summary

As you can see, Zunda is an easy dish that anyone can make.
It's also recommended for making sweets with your children
If you upload the sweets you made on Instagram, you're sure to get a lot of likes!
Give it a try!

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