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Yellow Mung Bean Paste (Sweet Bean Filling)
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Sweet bean paste is an essential ingredient in many Asian treats, from pastries to buns. So, today we’ll show you how to make this delicious bean filling from scratch using yellow mung beans. It’s super easy!
Bean paste is like sweet puree made from cooked beans, sugar, oil, and salt. It’s not as loose as a mash but rather dense and pliable. It tastes sweet and nutty and has a wonderful creamy texture.
Asian sweet bean fillings can be made with different types of beans. For example, red adzuki beans are a classic in Japan, while mung beans are super popular in China, the Philippines, and Indonesia.
Sweet bean paste prepared from mung beans can come in two varieties, depending on the type of mung beans you start with.
It’s brownish if you use whole green mung beans or light yellow if you use husked split mung beans.
Our recipe uses split mung beans to make a golden bean paste, but you can also prepare it with the green ones if you like!
Yellow mung beans are mung beans whose outer green shell has been removed, and inner yellow flesh has been split. Tiny, light, and delicate, split mung beans are also known as yellow mung dal or moong dal.
To prepare the paste, you have to simmer the beans until tender, mash them, and then cook them in a skillet until the bean mash turns into a dense paste.
Adding oil to the bean paste helps it make it creamy and cohesive, while sugar makes it sweet!
But if you want to cut down on the added sugar and make the bean paste healthier, we’ll give you the option to use erythritol instead of sugar.
Erythritol is a natural and safe sweetener we use all the time in our sugar-free recipes. It looks and tastes like sugar but has no calories, and you can mindlessly swap it in a 1:1 ratio in almost every recipe. Give it a go!
Once ready, you can use this yellow bean paste as a filling for many wonderful Asian sweet treats. The default ingredients yield two generous jars, so you’ll have plenty!
You can try it immediately in our Filipino mung bean hopia pastries or use it in the famous Chinese mooncakes. You can even use the paste to make high-protein bean ice cream!
This flavourful and creamy bean filling is also amazing in steamed buns, baked buns, and sesame puffed balls. With so many recipe ideas waiting for you, it’s time to get started!
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