The best Bean paste cake with simple bread machine version

1. Soak peeled mung beans overnight and change the water a few times in between (peeled mung beans can be bought at farmers' markets or online. If you use skinned mung beans, they need to be peeled after soaking, which is definitely a big project. I have tried it once and don't want to do it again! Alternatively, you can also make them with skins, but the taste will be much worse.)

2. Steam the soaked mung beans in a pot until cooked, then steam on low heat for about an hour after boiling.

3. Steamed mung beans are plump and can be easily crushed with a spoon.

4. Steamed mung beans can be mixed with pure milk or water directly. Use a blender to make a delicate mung bean paste. If you feel it's too dry to mix well, you can add a small amount of water to make it last longer. (If you don't have a cooking machine, use a spatula to crush it. It will be a bit tiring and not very delicate.)

5. Put vegetable oil (butter is also acceptable, according to personal preference) into a non stick pan, pour in the prepared mung bean paste, and slowly simmer over low heat (stir frequently to avoid sticking the bottom).

6. When it is boiled to a sticky consistency, pour in white granulated sugar and maltose (if there is no maltose, you can use all white granulated sugar, and you can increase or decrease the amount of sugar according to your own taste. If it is for diabetes patients, you can add trehalose).

7. Continue to simmer over low heat, constantly stirring to avoid sticking to the bottom, until the green bean paste in the pot can clump together and not stick to your hands.

8. Put the dried cranberries cut into small grains into the boiled mung bean paste and mix them well to make a Bean paste cake with cranberry taste, which is also very delicious.

9. Now let's talk about the bread machine version of Bean paste cake. Making it with a bread machine saves the process of boiling by yourself. It's easy. Kids with a bread machine at home can try it. Bread Maker Version: The first 1-4 steps are the same. Step 5 is to pour the prepared mung bean paste into the bread maker bucket and add white sugar, maltose, vegetable oil, or melted butter (which is melted into liquid butter over water).

10. Turn on the bread maker and noodle program, and first stir the mixed mung bean paste evenly (if it feels too dry, you can add a small amount of water, be sure to do so, otherwise it will be difficult to dry, and I personally recommend not adding water).

11. After stirring evenly, start the jam program on the bread maker and start boiling. When boiling, be sure to regularly check the moisture and dryness of the bucket to avoid overcooking. If the mung bean paste still doesn't dry after completing a jam program, try the jam program again. If the mung bean paste in the bucket still doesn't dry after two programs, it means there is too much water in the pot. It's better to pour it back into the pot and simmer over low heat obediently.

12. Pay attention to the situation inside the bucket. Once the mung bean paste is boiled dry, you can turn off the jam program.

When the dried mung bean paste is warm, it can be shaped. This is a 20-30g square mold. The size of 20g Bean paste cake is just right.

If you feel that weighing one by one is too troublesome, you can use a 15ml measuring spoon, which can fill up with about 20g, very convenient. Or if you don't mind the size, take it according to the feel.

15. The Bean paste cake after plastic surgery is better to be refrigerated in the refrigerator.

16. It is a small Dim sum with delicate taste and instant melting in the mouth.

Put it in the box and it will immediately become taller.