Rice Cooker Sekihan (Red Bean Sticky Rice)

Name: Rice Cooker Sekihan (Red Bean Sticky Rice)
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Yield: Serves 3–4
Ingredients: Glutinous rice (mochigome) 2 rice cups (360 ml); Azuki beans (dried) 40g; Toasted black sesame seeds 1 tsp; Water For boiling the azuki beans (about 1100 ml) and for cooking the rice; Salt 1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp for sesame salt

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Serves 3–4 · About 2 hr 30 min (Includes 1 hr soaking the rice and about 45 min in the rice cooker)
Sticky rice dyed red with the cooking water from azuki beans, then cooked. Rice for celebration days.

① Boil the azuki beans→② Separate the cooking water and beans→③ Wash the sticky rice→④ Soak in the cooking water and cook→⑤ Sprinkle with sesame salt

What to buy

Rice & dry goods

Glutinous rice (mochigome)2 rice cups (360 ml)Azuki beans (dried)40gToasted black sesame seeds1 tsp

Check what you already have

WaterFor boiling the azuki beans (about 1100 ml) and for cooking the riceSalt1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp for sesame salt

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How to make it

Boil the azuki beans

High → Medium-low heatAbout 25 min

Put the azuki beans in a colander and rinse with water
Put the azuki beans and 500 ml water in a pot over high heat
When it boils, boil 2 min, drain in a colander and throw away the water (to remove the harsh taste)
Put the beans back in the pot, add 600 ml water, and turn to high heat. When it boils, turn to medium-low heat and boil about 20 min

How to tell it's doneWhen you pinch a bean with your fingers, it's firm but squashes if you press a little (it's OK if it's still a little firm; it gets softer in the rice cooker).

Be carefulIf the water goes down and the beans stick out of the water, add a little water.

Separate the cooking water and beans

About 20 min (cool the cooking water)

Put a colander over a bowl and pour in the contents of the pot to separate the cooking water and beans
Don't throw away the cooking water. Let it cool until you can touch it
Scoop up the cooking water with a ladle and pour it back from up high, about 10 times. This makes the red color deeper

How to tell it's doneThe cooking water is reddish purple and isn't hot when you touch it.

Wash the sticky rice

About 5 min

Measure 2 rice cooker cups of sticky rice with the measuring cup and put it in a bowl
Add water, stir lightly, and pour the water out right away
Gently stir with your hand about 20 times, then add water and pour it out. Repeat this 3 times

How to tell it's doneWhen you add water, it's cloudy but you can faintly see the rice underneath.

Soak in the cooking water and cook

Rice cooker, regular setting (use the "okowa" setting if it has one)Soak 1 hr + about 45 min

Drain the sticky rice in a colander and put it in the rice cooker bowl
Measure 330 ml of the cooking water from step 2 and add it (if there's not enough, add water. Don't use leftover cooking water) (if your rice cooker bowl has an "okowa" line, fill to its 2-cup line)
Add 1/2 tsp salt, mix, and let sit 1 hr
Spread the beans on top (don't mix) and cook

How to tell it's doneThe 'done' sound plays.

Be carefulIf you fill water to the 2-cup line for regular white rice, the sticky rice will be mushy. Measure 330 ml.

Mix and sprinkle with sesame salt

Steam 10 min + 2 min

When it finishes, leave it 10 min without opening the lid (to steam)
Wet the rice paddle and mix gently, turning the rice over in big scoops from the bottom
In a small plate, mix 1 tsp toasted black sesame seeds and 1/4 tsp salt to make sesame salt
Serve in rice bowls and sprinkle with sesame salt

ReadyIt's light reddish purple all over, and the sticky rice is chewy.

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If it didn't work out

It's mushyToo much water in step 4. Sticky rice is cooked with less water than white rice. Next time, measure 330 ml.

It's hard in the middleIt didn't soak long enough in step 4, or there wasn't enough water. Soak a full 1 hr.

The color is paleIn step 2, exposing the cooking water to air more times makes the color deeper.

The beans are hardBoil 5 min longer in step 1.

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