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Ingredient

Red bean paste

Also called adzuki bean paste, azuki bean paste and anko

Cooks boil, simmer, or steam red bean paste. They also use it as a garnish or stuffing.

Cooked most in
Africa
Top country
Senegal
Red bean paste, prepared

Photo: Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

In the kitchen

How to use red bean paste

Typical ways to cook or use it

  • Boil simmer
  • Garnish
  • Steam
  • Stuff

On the table

Dishes made with red bean paste

1 dish in the catalogue uses it.
  • Acara

    Senegal

Dish lists come from Wikidata; a dish counts when its recorded ingredients include red bean paste.

Around the world

What red bean paste is called

Names in 35 languages, from Wikidata.
  • Spanish

    anko

  • French

    anko

  • Italian

    anko

  • Portuguese

    anko

  • German

    Rote Bohnenpaste · Adzukibohnenpaste · Bohnenpaste · Anko

  • Dutch

    anko

  • Turkish

    Kırmızı fasulye ezmesi

  • Russian

    Анко

  • Polish

    Anko

  • Arabic

    عجينة فاصولياء الازوكي · مربى فاصولياء الأزوكي · أنكو

  • Persian

    آن

  • Hebrew

    ממרח שעועית אדומה

Show all 35 languages
  • Azerbaijani

    Anko

  • Bangla

    লাল বিন পেস্ট

  • Basque

    anko

  • Brazilian Portuguese

    Anko

  • Cantonese

    豆沙

  • Catalan

    anko

  • Chinese

    豆沙 · 紅豆泥 · 红豆馅 · 红豆酱

  • Czech

    pasta z červené fazole

  • Danish

    Rød bønnepasta

  • Esperanto

    Anko · anno

  • Finnish

    Punapaputahna

  • Galician

    Anko

  • Hungarian

    vörösbabkrém

  • Indonesian

    Selai kacang merah · Ogura

  • Japanese

    小豆餡 · 餡子 · あんこ · 餡

  • Javanese

    Pasta kacang abang

  • Korean

    팥소 · 단팥소

  • Malay

    Pes kacang merah

  • Punjabi

    ਲਾਲ ਬੀਨ ਪੇਸਟ

  • Romanian

    anko

  • Simplified Chinese

    豆沙 · 红豆酱

  • Simplified Chinese (China)

    红豆酱

  • Slovenian

    krema iz rdečega fižola

  • Thai

    ถั่วแดงกวน

  • Traditional Chinese

    豆沙 · 紅豆醬

  • Traditional Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China)

    豆沙

  • Ukrainian

    Анко

  • Vietnamese

    nhân đậu đỏ

Sources and credits

Data

  • GlobeCooks editorial: descriptions, kitchen notes and classification, written by GlobeCooks from checked sources
  • Wikidata: names, classification and dishes (CC0 1.0)
  • Wikimedia Commons: photos

Wikidata item: Q1140464

Photos

Photo: Midori · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons