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 Azuki bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Azuki beans are also commonly eaten sprouted, or boiled in a hot, tea-like drink.
The azuki bean (also spelled adzuki) is an annual vine widely grown throughout eastern Asia and the Himalaya for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean.
Azuki beans are also used to produce amanattō.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Azuki   (412 words)

  
 Bean - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bean originally meant the seed of the broad bean, but was later broadened to include members of the genus Phaseolus such as the common bean or haricot and the runner bean and the related genus Vigna.
Bean is a common name for large plant seeds of several genera of Fabaceae (formerly Leguminosae) used for food or feed.
In ancient Greece and Rome, beans were used in voting (a white bean meant yes and a black bean meant no) and as a food for the dead, such as during the annual Lemuria festival.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bean   (515 words)

  
 botany/vigna
Azuki Bean (V. angularis) - This Bean is a native of Asia.
Azuki Bean - Sow seeds an inch deep and 3 to 6 inches apart in rows 3 to 4 feet apart.
The Mung Bean's green pods may be picked and used as snap beans; by mixing them with green seeds shelled from fully grown pods.
www.botany.com /vigna.html   (987 words)

  
 Potential New Specialty Crops from Asia: Azuki Bean, Edamame Soybean, and Astragalus
Azuki seeds are subcylindric with subtruncated ends with a length of 5.0 to 9.1 mm, width of 4.0 to 6.3 mm, thickness of 4.1 to 6.0 mm, and weight of 50 to 250 mg/seed (McClary 1990).
Azuki is or could be grown in ecosystems with between 530 to 1730 mm of annual precipitation, a 7.8° to 27.8°C range in mean annual air temperature, a soil pH between 5.0 to 7.5 and up to 48deg.N latitude (Duke 1981).
Azuki an, either in a smooth or chunky form, is used in numerous East Asian foods and desserts such as cakes, manju (steamed an-filled buns), yokan (cold gelatinized an slices), taiyaki (an-filled waffle), ice cream, snow cone toppings, and as a base for a beverage served hot from vending machines (Shiruko).
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1993/V2-045.html   (3684 words)

  
 vignaangularis
The cyclic reorientation of cortical microtubules in epidermal cells of azuki bean epicotyls: The role of actin filaments in the progression of the cycle.
Effect of epibrassinolide applied at the flowering stage on growth and yield of soybean and azuki bean.
Inheritance of phenological and morphological traits in adzuki bean.
www.newcrops.uq.edu.au /listing/vignaangularis.htm   (4722 words)

  
 Cook's Thesaurus: Dry Beans
Azuki beans are sweet and relatively easy to digest, so they won't make you as gassy as other beans.
Like their red relatives, black azuki beans are sweet and relatively easy to digest, so they won't make you as gassy as other beans.
Beans are low in fat and loaded with nutrients, and we'd probably eat more of them if they weren't also loaded with flatulence-producing enzymes.
www.foodsubs.com /Beans.html   (1831 words)

  
 Plant Configuration and Population Effects on Yield of Azuki Bean in Washington State
Azuki yield in this study was comparable to the other dry edible beans grown in Washington State and was within the range of azuki yield grown in Minnesota (Cox 1978) and in Japan (McClary et al.
Azuki [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi and Ohashi] is an edible legume grown and used for centuries primarily in the East Asian countries of Japan, Korea, China, and Taiwan.
Azuki may be an alternative crop that producers can rotate with small grains and alfalfa.
www.hort.purdue.edu /newcrop/proceedings1993/v2-588.html   (1110 words)

  
 Azuki Bean Profile
Azuki is the most popular bean for Japanese confectionery, but baby lima beans and some varieties of kidney beans and white beans are also cooked with sugar for various sweet dishes.
Japanese farmers produce azuki on small plots using riding lawnmower-sized machinery or even hand cultivation, weeding, and harvesting, but the Greene Bean Project farmers use their conventional soybean planters and combines for azuki with only minor modifications.
Azuki import quotas work on a “use it or lose it” basis, forcing quota-holders to import their alloted tonnage every year, regardless of need or profitability, or lose their quota allocation next year.
www.agmrc.org /agmrc/commodity/grainsoilseeds/soy/azukibeanprofile.htm   (2440 words)

  
 Homo-Phytochelatins Are Synthesized in Response to Cadmium in Azuki Beans -- Oven et al. 126 (3): 1275 -- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
An HPLC chromatogram of the control azuki bean root extracts (not treated with Cd) is shown in Figure 1A.
Homo-Phytochelatins Are Synthesized in Response to Cadmium in Azuki Beans -- Oven et al.
observed that azuki bean cells were more sensitive to cadmium when compared with control tomato cells.
www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/126/3/1275   (2490 words)

  
 Azuki Bean Cells Are Hypersensitive to Cadmium and Do Not Synthesize Phytochelatins -- Inouhe et al. 123 (3): 1029 -- PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Azuki bean cells (100 mg) were inoculated in 30 mL of liquid Murashige-Skoog medium and treated with 0 to 100 µ
Azuki bean cells were grown in Murashige-Skoog medium in the presence or absence of 50 µ
the GSH biosynthesis in azuki bean cells is not affected.
www.plantphysiol.org /cgi/content/full/123/3/1029   (4311 words)

  
 A La Cuisine!: IMBB 11: Fried Azuki Bean Ice Cream
Sweet Azuki bean paste serves as the foundation for many Japanese desserts, and is used in this recipe to flavour the ice cream and the sauce.
On Saturday I made azuki bean ice cream, and today my plan was to coat scoops of the ice cream with panko (Japanese bread crumbs) and deep fry them in hot oil.
Zarah Maria - I chose azuki beans because it was one of the few beans I could think of that are normally used for sweet, instead of savory dishes.
www.alacuisine.org /alacuisine/2005/01/imbb_11_fried_a.html   (2770 words)

  
 Recipe 747 --- Azuki Bean and Vegetable Salad in Pita Bread: Breads Baked
In a small saucepan combine beans with water to cover by 2 inches and simmer until tender, about 45 minutes for azuki beans or about 15 minutes for lentils.
Azuki Bean and Vegetable Salad in Pita Bread
Add blanched vegetables to beans with celery, bell pepper, parsley, garlic, and provolone.
celery.ndk.biz /cgi-bin/recipe.cgi?r=747   (174 words)

  
 ADZUKI BEANS
Purity Foods was instrumental in the introduction of the bean to growers in Michigan in 1979 and has been active in development of varities with both the charastics demanded by consumers and improvment in yield for the growers.
In the Orient, adzuki beans are usually cooked to a red soft consistency and served with such ingredients as coconut milk.
While vining beans are grown accross South Asia (China, India, Taiwan and Thailand), bush or erect plant types are grown in both Northern Japan and the upper Midwest.
www.adzuki.com   (513 words)

  
 Venice Japanese Community Center - Cultural Corner
The first, and simpler, method is to soak the azuki in water, togu (wash) the sticky rice, and cook the rice and beans together, using the azuki water in lieu of clear water.
Another traditional use of the azuki bean is for zenzai or shiruko, which is like a sweet bean soup with mochi in it.
The most common use of the azuki bean is in what is called an, which is found inside most manju, the Japanese tea confection made with mochi or pastry.
www.vjcc.com /Cult_Corner/cult_corner.htm   (346 words)

  
 Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi
A total of 15,536 MT of rice bean was imported in 1991 as a substitute of azuki bean mainly from Thailand (12,938 MT) and Myanmar (1,700 MT) (Zatsumame Yunyu Kikin Kyokai.1995).
According to the literature, rice bean was grown in the southwestern part of Japan formerly (Noda 1951).
Rice bean is an annual food legume belonging to the subgenus Ceratotropis in the genus Vigna.
www.gene.affrc.go.jp /htbin/plant/image/get_logo_e?plno=54261011   (539 words)

  
 Plant Viruses Online - Bean common mosaic potyvirus
The latter include: azuki bean mosaic virus, blackeye cowpea mosaic virus, cowpea (aphid-borne) mosaic virus, cowpea (blackeye) mosaic virus, cowpea vein-banding mosaic virus, peanut blotch virus, peanut stripe virus and some isolates from soybean.
Isolates originally called azuki bean mosaic virus (Matsumoto, 1922) were first reported in Japan inducing mosaic and green vein banding in Vigna angularis.
bean common mosaic virus - serotype B, bean mosaic virus, bean western mosaic virus (Bos, 1964), mungbean mosaic virus (Abu Kassim, 1981; Kaiser and Mossahebi, 1974; Rao et al.
image.fs.uidaho.edu /vide/descr068.htm   (1203 words)

  
 The Michigan Bean Commission
The Cranberry Bean is medium-size, oval and creamy white with red speckles and streaks with an earthy flavor.
Black beans are widely used in salads, dips, and stews, and in thick soups, especially in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, and Spain.
Navy beans get their name because of the frequency they were served to sailors at sea.
www.michiganbean.org /beanClasses.html   (491 words)

  
 Anmitsu
Anmitsu is usually served in a bowl with sweet azuki bean paste or "anko" (the "an" part of "anmitsu"), boiled beans, and a variety of fruits.
Mitsumame are anmitsu without the bean paste, with the "mitsu" meaning syrup and the "mame" meaning beans.
It is made of small cubes of agar, a white translucent jelly made from seaweed.
encycl.opentopia.com /term/Anmitsu   (194 words)

  
 azuki
Azuki beans are usually prepared by boiling the beans with sugar, resulting in a paste called an (餡).
Rice with azuki beans (赤&) is traditionally cooked for auspicious occasions, such as New Year.
Azuki (小豆, also adzuki) is the Japanese red bean Phaseolus angularis.
www.fact-library.com /azuki.html   (139 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - azuki bean
MSN Encarta - Search Results - azuki bean
Bean, common name widely applied to many plants of the legume family.
The seeds and pods of these plants are used for food and forage.
ca.encarta.msn.com /azuki+bean.html   (122 words)

  
 RecipeSource: Sweet Azuki Bean Puree
1 cup azuki beans, washed 1 strip kombu, 4-6 inches long, soaked and diced (this is a sea vegetable) 1/4 cup raisins 1/8-1/4 tsp.
RecipeSource : Fruits, Grains, and Vegetables: Bean and Grain Recipes : Sweet Azuki Bean Puree
Mash the beans with a wooden pestle or grind in a suribachi (Japanese mortar and pestle arrangement), until they become a thick, fairly smooth paste.
www.recipesource.com /fgv/beans-grains/azuki-bean-puree1.html   (124 words)

  
 Bean Soup Entire Basic Numbers A Human Could Crave Close To Bean Soup
BEAN SOUP WITH AIDELLS SAUSAGE 2 cups dry navy beans, soaked in water overnight and drained 2 tablespoons olive oil 4 stalks celery, sliced 4 large carrots, peeled and sliced 1...
Bean Soup with Knuckle of Pork Bableves cs¸l?kkel Ingredients 500-600 g/1 lb smoked knuckle of pork, 150 g/6 oz dried speckled beans, 1 carrot (sliced), 1 parsley root (sliced), 1 small onion, 1...
Fresh tomato and bean soup recipe This fresh tomato and bean soup recipe is a lovely summer or winter dish and can be served hot or cold.
sandinabottle.mummsand.com /beansoup   (1162 words)

  
 Recovery of herbicide-resistant Azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Wild.), Ohwi & Ohashi] plants via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
The presence of transgenes in transformed azuki bean plants was confirmed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and southern blot analysis.
Transgenic azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Willd.) Ohwi & Ohashi] plants expressing the hygromycin phosphotransferase (hpt), green fluorescent protein (sgfp) and phosphinothricin acetyltransferase (bar) genes were obtained by Agrobacterium- tumefacients - mediated transformation.
Recovery of herbicide-resistant Azuki bean [Vigna angularis (Wild.), Ohwi & Ohashi] plants via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation
www.egeinfonet.i8.com /pub/2005/5.html   (246 words)

  
 Index: red bean dessert
beans, drained and rinsed 1 green bell pepper, chopped 1 red bell...
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www.ssv-altforweiler-frauen.de   (212 words)

  
 "Mitoku ""Yuuki"" Brown Rice Azuki Bean Instant Dinner 5.6 oz"
Medicinally, azuki beans are known for strengthening the kidneys.
Mitoku Instant Brown Rice with Azuki or "Sekihan" literally "red rice" gets its name from the addition of red azuki beans which are steamed together with rice.
Ingredients: "Yuuki-grown" whole brown rice, and Japanese azuki beans.
www.simply-natural.biz /Brown-Rice-Azuki_Dinner.php   (112 words)

  
 Nordljus
I used tinned sweetened azuki beans this time (not pureed), which you can get anywhere in Japan but may be difficult to find elsewhere.
I used the tinned azuki beans, I can find them in Boston and the quality is really good.
very useful recipe on Clement's site about how to make azuki bean paste using dried beans - I can't promise his recipe will work with mine because I haven't tried it, but looking at the recipe, I think you should be able to use it as a substitute.
www.nordljus.co.uk /en/index.php?showimage=72   (2053 words)

  
 Japanese Azuki Bean Markets Bearish
This saw azuki bean futures open the week unchanged to lower on the floor of the Tokyo Grain Exchange.
Last week TGE red bean futures rallied on technical factors and the weekly weather forecast calling more precipitation by low pressure.
TOKYO - Jul 24/00 - STAT -- A bearish tone returned to Japanese dry edible bean markets on account of favorable weather forecasts for Hokkaido, the island nation's most important producing region.
www.statpub.com /stat/open/2000/0yfqbu0.html   (340 words)

  
 Pinto bean - pinto bean recipes
azuki bean = adzuki bean = Tiensin red bean = aduki bean = asuki bean = field pea...
Pinto Bean Soup (great way to use leftover beans.) (Canned beans will be disappointing as they do not have enough flavor) 3 cups cooked leftover beans with liquid 1 onion chopped 1...
Curried Pinto Bean Bake INGREDIENTS 3 cups cooked Pinto Beans, drained and rinsed or 1-1/3 cups dry Pinto Beans 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed 1/2...
netdatax.com /?q=pinto-bean   (317 words)

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