FREE: The World Famous AZUKI BEAN Seeds

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(3) Azuki Bean Seeds

The azuki bean is an annual vine, widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean. The cultivars most familiar in north-east Asia have a uniform red color. .Genetic evidence indicates that the azuki bean was first domesticated in the Himalayas. It was first cultivated in Korean peninsula and northeast of China before 1000 BC.[1] It was later taken to Japan, where it is now the second most popular legume after the soybean.[2]

In East Asian cuisine the azuki bean is commonly eaten sweetened. In particular, it is often boiled with sugar, resulting in red bean paste (an), a very common ingredient in all of these cuisines; it is also common to add flavoring to the bean paste, such as chestnut.
Matcha muffin with sweetened Azuki beans

Red bean paste is used in many Chinese foods, such as tangyuan, zongzi, mooncakes, baozi, and red bean ice. It is also used as a filling for Japanese sweets such as anpan, dorayaki, imagawayaki, manj?, monaka, anmitsu, taiyaki and daifuku. A more liquid version, using azuki beans boiled with sugar and a pinch of salt, produces a sweet dish called red bean soup. Azuki beans are also commonly eaten sprouted, or boiled in a hot, tea-like drink. Some Asian cultures enjoy red bean paste as a filling or topping for various kinds of waffles, pastries, baked buns or biscuits.

In Japan, rice with azuki beans (??; sekihan) is traditionally cooked for auspicious occasions. Azuki beans are also used to produce amanatt?, and as a popular flavour of ice cream.

Pepsi Japan released an Azuki-flavored Pepsi product.[4]

Azuki beans, along with butter and sugar, form the basis of the popular Somali supper dish cambuulo.

In Gujarat, India, they are known as Chori.[3]

I bought these specifically to make red bean paste. It took me forever to find the seeds. Bid now. This is enough for four plants, and after they get going, you will have azuki coming out of your ears.