Kankoro ｜ Our Regional Cuisines

1. Wash the dried sweet potatoes.

2. Boil some water in a pan and then add the dried sweet potatoes. When the water boils once more, lower the heat. Let it cook for an hour and a half to two hours without mixing. Remove the foam from time to time.Not stirring.

3. Once the dried sweet potatoes are soft, turn off the heat and throw out the water. Mash the potatoes.

4. Add sugar to the cooked azuki beans(=Red beens). Combine with the mashed sweet potatoes and add salt. Heat the mixture for 5 to 6 minutes while mixing well.

5. Once cooked, cool the mixture, and then mold into “chakin shibori” shapes of 40g sizes.