Kuromame are black soybeans in Japanese, and they are typically simmered in Japanese cooking. Since the Japanese word for beans, mame, also means "working like a bee", it's traditional for Japanese people to eat kuromame on New Year's holidays, hoping for being able to work in good health.
*It's preferable to simmer kuromame in iron pot or add rusty nails to blacken the color of the beans.
Japanese New Year's Food Recipes
*It's preferable to simmer kuromame in iron pot or add rusty nails to blacken the color of the beans.
Japanese New Year's Food Recipes
Ingredients:
- 1 cup black soy beans
- 4 cups water
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- *optional: a couple of rusty nails and a sheet of gauze
Preparation:
Wash black beans. Put water, sugar, salt, soysauce, and baking soda in large deep pot or iron pot. Bring to a boil. Stop the heat and add black beans. Leave it over night, or about 8 hours. Clean a couple of rusty nails, and wrap them by gauze. Add it in the pot. Put the pot on high heat and bring to a boil. Turn down the heat to low. Skim off any foam that rise to the surface. Cover the pot and simmer the beans on low heat for about 5 hours, or until beans are softened. When the liquid decreases, add some water. Stop the heat and let it sit until cool.
*Makes 4 servings
*Makes 4 servings
