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Manjū (饅頭, まんじゅう) is a traditional Japanese confection, usually a small, dense bun with a sweet filling. They come in many shapes and varieties. The standard manjū has a skin made of flour, and is filled with anko (sweet azuki bean paste). Some varieties use kudzu starch or buckwheat flour for the skin.
Anpan (あんパン, 餡 （ あん ） パン) is a Japanese sweet roll most commonly filled with red bean paste. Anpan can also be prepared with other fillings, including white beans (shiro-an), green beans (uguisu-an), sesame (goma-an), and chestnuts (kuri-an).
Hanabiramochi is a Japanese sweet usually eaten at the beginning of the year. Kuzumochi are mochi cakes made of kuzuko . Manjū is a popular traditional Japanese confection; most have an outside made from flour , rice powder and buckwheat and a filling of red bean paste, made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.
Many of Japan’s present-day favorite wagashi – sweets – have their origins on Kyushu. Here’s why.
In Japanese, a number of names are used to refer to red bean paste; these include an (), anko and ogura (小倉).Strictly speaking, the term an can refer to almost any sweet, edible, mashed paste, although without qualifiers red beans are assumed, while azukian (小豆餡) refers specifically to the paste made with red beans.
Melonpan (メロンパン, meronpan), also called melon bun or melon bread, is a Japanese sweetbun covered in a layer of crispy cookie dough. The texture resembles that of a melon, such as a cantaloupe. It is not traditionally melon-flavored. [1] Melonpan and pineapple bun from Hong Kong are very similar. By comparison, the Japanese style is ...
Chichi dango is a slightly sweet, light treat usually eaten as a dessert. Denpun dango (でんぷん団子) from Hokkaido is made from potato flour and baked with sweet boiled beans. Kuri dango (栗だんご) is coated in chestnut paste. Niku dango is a type of Japanese meatball. [4] Chicken niku dango is called tsukune, served on a skewer.
This is a list of Japanese snacks (お菓子, okashi) and finger foods. It includes both brand name and generic snacks. Types. Anko, or sweet bean paste