Aduki Bean Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Boil the adzuki beans in 1.25 cups of the stock, broth, or water for 30 minutes. Beans will absorb all or most of the liquid.
• In the meantime, chop the celery, carrots, and onion -- I use a food processor to get minced pieces.
• Saute the celery, carrots, and onions in the oil. Mince garlic and add to pan, saute another 30 seconds or so.
• Add beans to saute pan and saute for a minute or two.
• Add remaining stock, broth, or water, along with the bay leaf and the Braggs. Bring to boil and simmer for a minimum of 15 minutes.

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the margarine until golden.
• Add the garlic, leek, carrot and mushrooms, and cook for another 5 minutes, until the vegetables are just soft.
• Mix in the paprika and flour and stir for another minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients, including the cooked aduki beans, plus enough reserved bean cooking liquid to half-cover the ingredients.
• Stir well, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more cooking liquid if it gets too dry.
• Season with black pepper and parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Rinse the beans after draining them from the soaking water then put them in a saucepan. Cover with water and then bring to a boil. Reduce the heat and then simmer, partially covered, for 30 to 35 minutes. When you're done, the beans should still be somewhat hard.
• Add all of the other ingredients except for the broccoli and cilantro and cook for 10 minutes. Next, add the broccoli and cilantro and then simmer for about 5 minutes, or until the broccoli is tender.
• To serve, spoon into bowls topped with a spoonful of natural yogurt, if desired.
• Soaking the beans overnight is crucial to this recipe as it greatly shortens the cooking time of the beans.

Steps:

• Saute the onion in the margarine until golden.
• Add the garlic, leek, carrot and mushrooms, and cook for another 5 minutes, until the vegetables are just soft.
• Mix in the paprika and flour and stir for another minute.
• Add the remaining ingredients, including the cooked aduki beans, plus enough reserved bean cooking liquid to half-cover the ingredients.
• Stir well, cover and simmer for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally and adding more cooking liquid if it gets too dry.
• Season with black pepper and parsley and serve.

Steps:

• Personal beans for 12 hours in cold water. Drain then rinse well. Place in a pan with water and bring to the boil. Boil hard for 15 mins. Drain and rinse well. Return to the pan with a liter of cold water add the stock cube and bring to the boil. Lower the heat to a simmer for 10 mins add the veg, cumin and turmeric simmer for 10 / 15 mins Add kale and cook for a few minutes until tender serve

Steps:

• Place kombu in the bottom of a heavy based pot, add washed and drained aduki beans and 3 cups water.
• Bring to the boil then simmer until beans are tender (approximately 40 minutes). While cooking, you may need to add more water a few times, but do not stir beans!
• When beans are tender add chopped pumpkin making sure that beans are still covered with water.
• Cover and cook for 20 minutes or until pumpkin is tender.
• Using a wooden spoon, mix beans and pumpkin lightly together and add shoyu or tamari to taste.
• Notes:Like lentils and other light beans, aduki do not really need soaking, however for improved digestibility wash and soak with kombu for 2 - 5 hours. Aduki beans (also called adzuki or adanka) are high in protein but very low in the amino acids methionine and cystine, and need to be correctly combined with other grains in order to form a 'complete' protein. Consisting of 68% carbohydrate, 22% protein, 5% fibre and 5% fat, aduki beans are a great addition to the diet. They are also high in iron, B5, B6, magnesium, calcium, potassium, zinc, phosphorus and Vitamin A, but low in sodium.
• Thanks to Sandra Dubs (originally published in Aduki magazine - Spring 2006).