adzuki

British  

/ əˈduːkɪ, ædˈzuːkɪ /

noun

1. a leguminous plant, Phaseolus angularis, that has yellow flowers and pods containing edible brown seeds; widely cultivated as a food crop in China and Japan

2. the seed of this plant

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Etymology

Origin of adzuki

adzuki, from Japanese: red bean

Example Sentences

The little pieces of art are created from ingredients like sticky rice or adzuki beans pounded into paste.

From New York Times

Meanwhile, we’ll try to make good use of the hefty cast-iron mold in our kitchen cabinets along with a stock of adzuki beans and canned paste.

From Seattle Times

The recipe can be adapted to other kinds of cooked beans, including black-eyed peas and Adzuki beans.

From Washington Post

A sweet Swiss chard pie might seem like an oddity at first, but locals are as besotted with this veggie-based sweet as the Japanese are with adzuki bean mochi or Americans with carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie.

From Salon

The namesake matcha is grassy and bitter, but not too bitter, and pairs well with the optional glob of sweet adzuki bean you can add to the taiyaki cones.

From Seattle Times