Red bean paste or red bean jam, also called adzuki bean paste or anko, is a paste made of red beans, used in East Asian cuisine. The paste is prepared by boiling the beans, then mashing or grinding th
A mooncake is a Chinese baked item traditionally eaten during the Mid-Autumn Festival. The festival is primarily about the harvest, while a legend connects it to moon watching, and mooncakes are regar
Red bean paste
…bean paste wrapped with bamboo leaves and steamed or boiled. The glutinous rice used to make zongzi is usually specially prepared and appears yellow. Mooncakes (月餅; yuè bǐng): A baked pastry consisting of thin dough surrounding a filling. The filling is traditionally made from various ingredients, including…
A Cantonese mooncake filled with lotus seed paste
Cut mooncake showing lotus seed paste filling around the (crumbled) egg yolk "moon"
Mooncakes with Chinese characters 金門旦黃 (jinmen danhuang), meaning the moon cake contains a single egg yolk and is made from a bakery named "Golden Gate". Mooncakes usually have the bakery name pressed on them.