anko
anko noun: a paste made of azuki beans.
Noun
anko (uncountable)
- A paste made of azuki beans.
- You can buy good-quality, canned ready-made anko from Japanese grocery stores or online, or make your own at home by following my Anko recipe on page 98.2018, Luiz Hara, The Japanese Larder: Bringing Japanese Ingredients into Your Everyday Cooking, Jacqui Small for White Lion Publishing, The Quarto Group, →ISBN, page 71, column 2
- Mom nodded at the head of her bed, and I sat down, handing her one perfect bun, toasted to a honey-golden crisp. She pulled it into two pieces, exposing the red anko center and a puff cloud of steam.2020, Shauna Holyoak, Kazu Jones and the Comic Book Criminal, Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- red bean
Examples of anko in a sentence
- Stir in the salt and mix thoroughly before allowing the anko to cool for serving.2022, Katherine Tamiko Arguile, Meshi: A Personal History of Japanese Food, Melbourne, Vic.: Affirm Press, →ISBN:
- To make the anko filling, rinse the adzuki beans under cool running water until it runs clear.2023, The Great American Recipe Cookbook: 100 Memorable Recipes to Celebrate the Diversity and Flavors of American Food, season two...
Synonyms of anko
Origin of anko
From Japanese 餡子 (anko).
Questions about anko
- What does anko mean?
- Anko means a paste made of azuki beans.
- How do you use anko in a sentence?
- Stir in the salt and mix thoroughly before allowing the anko to cool for serving.
- What part of speech is anko?
- Anko is a noun.
Words near anko in the dictionary
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