Awa Uiro ｜ Our Regional Cuisines

1. Add all ingredients to a mixing bowl and knead well. Depending on the water content of the store-bought red bean paste, the texture may be a little dry, but will smooth out as you knead it.

2. Transfer to a mold (14cm high x 11cm wide x 4.5cm deep), filling it so that there are no gaps.

3. Let steam in a steam cooker from which vapor has begun to rise for 30-40min. Cover the lid of the steamer with a dishcloth so that water droplets do not fall into the mold (to prevent condensation).

4. Poke with a moistened bamboo skewer; once the dough no longer sticks to the skewer, you can turn off the heat.

5. Remove the mold from the steam cooker, let cool slightly before removing the uiro from the mold, and cut into suitably sized pieces.