{"id":82,"date":"2009-05-17T19:58:04","date_gmt":"2009-05-17T23:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=82"},"modified":"2018-07-27T17:28:07","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T17:28:07","slug":"sekihan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/sekihan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sekihan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) is &#8220;red bean rice.&#8221; The rice is usually steamed with azuki (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u30a2\u30ba\u30ad<\/strong><\/span>) beans. The azuki (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u30a2\u30ba\u30ad<\/strong><\/span>) beans are dark red. When the beans are steamed with the rice, the color leeks into the rice, forming a pinkish color on the rice. Sometimes red food coloring is added to enhance the color. On top, the sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) is sprinkled with gomasio (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u3054\u307e\u5869<\/strong><\/span>). Gomasio (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u3054\u307e\u5869<\/strong><\/span>) is a dry mixture of goma (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u3054\u307e<\/strong><\/span>) or seasame seeds, and shio (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u5869<\/strong><\/span>) or salt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ohtomogift.jp\/img\/standard\/pickup_sekihan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Long ago, sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) was served when a girl first got her period. The pink\/red color of the rice is supposed to represent fertility. Nowadays, sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) is served for special occasions, like birthdays, weddings, and graduations. The color red also represents happiness. Sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) is usually served on happy occasions.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"http:\/\/z.about.com\/d\/japanesefood\/1\/0\/6\/H\/sekihan.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/>Sekihan (<span style=\"font-family: Lucida Sans Unicode\"><strong>\u8d64\u98ef<\/strong><\/span>) is really easy to make. Take about three cups of glutinous rice, 1 tbsp of salt, 1\/4 cup of azuki beans and three cups of water. 1\/4 cup of food coloring is optional. Cook everything until the rice and beans are soft. It&#8217;ll probably take around 30 minutes. Then sprinkle the top with seasame seeds and some salt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sekihan (\u8d64\u98ef) is &#8220;red bean rice.&#8221; The rice is usually steamed with azuki (\u30a2\u30ba\u30ad) beans. The azuki (\u30a2\u30ba\u30ad) beans are dark red. When the beans are steamed with the rice, the color leeks into the rice, forming a pinkish color on the rice. Sometimes red food coloring is added to enhance the color. 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