Green snow (green tea syrup & sweet beans on shaved ice)

4 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
¼ cup Azuki beans
½ cup Sugar
4 teaspoons Instant green tea; OR...
5 tablespoons Sugar Matcha (See Note)
4 cups Shaved ice

Directions

FOR THE BEANS

FOR THE GREEN TEA SYRUP

[Author's note]: "I had this dish for the first time at the Kitcho restaurant on the outskirts of Kyoto. I was entranced by it. It was so light -- a perfect way to finish off a summer meal. It consisted of a mound of shaved ice, overflowing with a green tea syrup and topped with sweet azuki beans. You may use one of two different types of powdered green tea for this dish. There is an instant green tea which is cheaper, and then there is the more expensive "matcha", a fine powdered tea used in the elegant Japanese tea ceremony." DIRECTIONS: Put the beans and 3 cups water in a small pot. Bring to a boil. Cover, turn heat to low and cook for 2 minutes. Turn off the flame. Let the pot sit, covered, for 1 hour. Bring to a boil again.

Cover, turn heat to low and simmer 30 minutes. Add the 5 tablespoons sugar and simmer vigorously, uncovered, for another 10 to 12 minutes.

Cool the beans in their liquid and then drain.

Combine the ½ cup sugar with ½ cup water in a small pot and bring to a boil. Turn heat to VERY low and simmer 3 to 4 minutes. Cool.

Mix in the tea. (Taste as you go; add more or less tea, as you like.) Pile a cup of shaved ice in the center of each of four ice-cream bowls. Divide syrup over the ice. Divide beans into four portions and scatter them over the top.

Source: Madhur Jaffrey's World-of-the-East Vegetarian Cooking Typed for you by Karen Mintzias

Submitted By KAREN MINTZIAS On 10-11-94

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