Red bean paste - Quiz
Red bean paste
  • 1. What is another common name for red bean paste?
A) Red bean jam
B) Green bean jam
C) Black bean purée
D) Soybean paste
  • 2. Which type of beans are used to make red bean paste?
A) Kidney beans
B) Adzuki beans
C) Navy beans
D) Soybeans
  • 3. How is the paste initially prepared from the beans?
A) Fermenting them in water
B) Frying them in oil
C) Boiling them, then mashing or grinding them
D) Baking them in an oven
  • 4. What gives red bean paste its usual dark red color?
A) Added food coloring
B) The husk of the beans
C) The added sugar
D) The cooking oil
  • 5. How can a white paste be produced in Korean cuisine?
A) By boiling the beans twice
B) By husking the beans prior to cooking
C) By adding milk to the beans
D) By using green beans exclusively
  • 6. What happens if you remove the husk by sieving after cooking but before sweetening?
A) It results in a red paste that is smoother and more homogeneous
B) It creates a crunchy texture
C) It ruins the paste entirely
D) It turns the paste completely white
  • 7. What is the Japanese word commonly used for red bean paste?
A) Kong
B) Anko
C) Dòushā
D) Patso
  • 8. In Japanese, what does the term 'an' strictly refer to?
A) Only red bean paste
B) Almost any sweet, edible, mashed paste
C) Raw adzuki beans
D) Savory bean soup
  • 9. What is shiroan?
A) Green bean paste
B) Chestnut paste
C) White bean paste
D) Red bean paste
  • 10. What is kurian made from?
A) Navy beans
B) Chestnuts
C) Soybeans
D) Adzuki beans
  • 11. What does the Chinese term dòushā mean?
A) Red bean
B) Mashed filling
C) Bean paste
D) Sweet soup
  • 12. Which Chinese term explicitly means 'red bean paste'?
A) Anko
B) Patso
C) Dòushā
D) Hóngdòushā
  • 13. In Korean cuisine, what does pat contrast with rather than being considered a type of it?
A) Kong
B) Geopi
C) So
D) Dan
  • 14. What does the word kong usually mean without qualifiers in Korean?
A) Chestnuts
B) Navy beans
C) Adzuki beans
D) Soybeans
  • 15. What does the Korean word so mean?
A) Bean
B) Sweet
C) Filling
D) Hulled
  • 16. What does patso mean?
A) Sweet chestnut
B) Pat filling
C) White bean
D) Soybean paste
  • 17. What is the prototype of patso?
A) Smooth vegetable paste
B) Unsweetened dark-red paste
C) Hulled yellow paste
D) Sweetened white paste
  • 18. What does dan mean in Korean?
A) Filling
B) Sweet
C) Hulled
D) Dark
  • 19. What is danpat-so?
A) Unsweetened white bean paste
B) Raw adzuki beans
C) Sweetened red bean paste
D) Mashed chestnut filling
  • 20. What does geopi mean in Korean?
A) Boiled in water
B) Mixed with oil
C) Sweetened and mashed
D) Hulled, skinned, peeled, shelled, etc.
  • 21. What is geopipat?
A) Mashed chestnuts
B) Black bean paste
C) Sweetened soybeans
D) Dehulled red beans
  • 22. What is the white paste made of geopipat called?
A) Shiroan
B) Geopipat-so
C) Danpat-so
D) Hóngdòushā
  • 23. According to what criteria is red bean paste graded?
A) Cooking time, acidity, and shape
B) Origin, weight, and temperature
C) Price, brand, and packaging
D) Consistency, sweetness, and color
  • 24. How are adzuki beans prepared in the mashed type of red bean paste?
A) Steamed and strained without sugar
B) Ground raw and fermented
C) Boiled with sugar and mashed
D) Soaked in oil and baked
  • 25. What can be added back into the bean paste for additional texture in the mashed type?
A) Chestnut pieces
B) Some unmashed beans
C) Vegetable oil or lard
D) Soybean husks
  • 26. Which type of red bean paste is the most common and popular in Chinese confections?
A) White
B) Smooth
C) Geopipat
D) Mashed
  • 27. How are adzuki beans initially prepared for smooth red bean paste?
A) Boiled without sugar, mashed, and diluted into a slurry
B) Boiled with sugar and immediately strained
C) Soaked in oil and ground into a paste
D) Peeled raw and baked until dry
  • 28. What is used to remove the husk when making smooth bean paste?
A) A food processor
B) A cheesecloth only
C) A wooden spoon
D) A sieve
  • 29. What is used to squeeze the strained slurry dry for smooth bean paste?
A) Paper filters
B) Cheesecloth
C) Cotton towels
D) A metal press
  • 30. What is usually used to cook the dry smooth paste to improve its texture and mouth feel?
A) Water or milk
B) Oil, either vegetable oil or lard
C) Melted sugar syrup
D) Soy sauce or vinegar
  • 31. What is smooth bean paste mainly used for?
A) As a standalone sweet soup
B) As a topping for savory noodles
C) As a flavoring for beverages
D) As a filling for Chinese pastries
  • 32. What is the Japanese red bean paste called where whole red beans are boiled with sugar without further treatment?
A) Tsubuan
B) Sarashian
C) Koshian
D) Ogura-an
  • 33. Which Japanese red bean paste type involves passing beans through a sieve to remove the skins?
A) Ogura-an
B) Tsubushian
C) Tsubuan
D) Koshian
  • 34. Which Japanese red bean paste is named after a mountain in western Kyoto?
A) Sarashian
B) Ogura-an
C) Koshian
D) Tsubuan
  • 35. What is another name for Danpat in Korean cuisine?
A) Tongpat
B) Danpat-so
C) Patso
D) Geopipat-so
  • 36. Which paste features bean skins removed to make the paste smoother in the Korean tradition?
A) Tongpat
B) Danpat
C) Tsubushian
D) Tsubuan
  • 37. What are glutinous rice balls filled with sweet fillings such as red bean paste and boiled in water called in Chinese?
A) Tangyuan
B) Jiān dui
C) Bāozi
D) Zongzi
  • 38. What color does the specially prepared glutinous rice used to make sweet zongzi usually appear?
A) White
B) Green
C) Yellow
D) Red
  • 39. What baked pastry consists of thin dough surrounding a filling traditionally made from ingredients like mashed lotus seeds or red bean paste?
A) Red bean cake
B) Jiān dui
C) Mooncakes
D) Bāozi
  • 40. During which festival are mooncakes most commonly eaten?
A) Spring Festival
B) Dragon Boat Festival
C) Mid-Autumn Festival
D) Lantern Festival
  • 41. What is the name of the steamed leavened bread filled with a variety of savoury or sweet fillings in Chinese cuisine?
A) Tangyuan
B) Zongzi
C) Dorayaki
D) Bāozi
  • 42. What fried pastry is made from glutinous rice flour and sometimes filled with red bean paste?
A) Taiyaki
B) Jiān dui
C) Bungeo-ppang
D) An-doughnut
  • 43. What Japanese dessert consists of red bean paste, small cubes of agar jelly, and pieces of fruit served with syrup?
A) Yōkan
B) Daifuku
C) Anpan
D) Anmitsu
  • 44. What is a sweet bun filled with red bean paste called in Japanese cuisine?
A) Anpan
B) Manjū
C) An-doughnut
D) Taiyaki
  • 45. Which Japanese confection consists of a small round rice cake stuffed with red bean paste?
A) Daifuku
B) Anko dango
C) Dorayaki
D) Sakuramochi
  • 46. Which Japanese confection consists of two small pancake-like patties made from castella wrapped around red bean paste?
A) Dorayaki
B) Taiyaki
C) Anpan
D) Imagawayaki
  • 47. What dessert is also known as Ōban-yaki?
A) Imagawayaki
B) Manjū
C) Taiyaki
D) Dorayaki
  • 48. What is the name of the steamed cake filled with red bean paste in Japan?
A) Daifuku
B) Manjū
C) Yōkan
D) Anpan
  • 49. Which Japanese sweet consists of pink-colored mochi with an anko center, wrapped in a pickled cherry blossom leaf?
A) Yōkan
B) Daifuku
C) Sakuramochi
D) Anko dango
  • 50. What is the fish-shaped cake stuffed with red bean paste in Japan called?
A) Bungeo-ppang
B) Hodu-gwaja
C) Taiyaki
D) Ttongppang
  • 51. What thick jellied dessert is made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar?
A) Daifuku
B) Manjū
C) Yōkan
D) Anmitsu
  • 52. Which Korean snack food is a fish-shaped pastry filled with sweet danpat-so?
A) Bungeo-ppang
B) Hodu-gwaja
C) Taiyaki
D) Ttongppang
  • 53. What Korean snack consists of two small and sweet pancakes wrapping around sweet danpat-so?
A) Dorayaki
B) Hoppang
C) Chalbori-ppang
D) Hwangnam-ppang
  • 54. What type of doughnut is filled with sweet danpat-so in Korea?
A) An-doughnut
B) Chapssal doughnut
C) Jiān dui
D) Kkulppang
  • 55. Which Korean rice ball cake is filled with sweet danpat-so?
A) Tangyuan
B) Gyeongdan
C) Daifuku
D) Anko dango
  • 56. What walnut-shaped cookie is filled with sweet danpat-so in Korea?
A) Bungeo-ppang
B) Taiyaki
C) Hodu-gwaja
D) Ttongppang
  • 57. What warm fluffy pastry can be filled with sweet danpat-so or sweet nokdu-so in Korea?
A) Hoppang
B) Bāozi
C) Manjū
D) Jjinppang
  • 58. What pastry has a chrysanthemum imprinted on the top and is filled with sweet danpat-so?
A) Chalbori-ppang
B) Hodu-gwaja
C) Mooncakes
D) Hwangnam-ppang
  • 59. What warm fluffy pastry is filled with unsweetened patso, usually featuring the skins of the red beans?
A) Hoppang
B) Jjinppang
C) Manjū
D) Bāozi
  • 60. What sweet pastry is filled with sweet danpat-so and covered with corn syrup?
A) Hwangnam-ppang
B) Chapssal doughnut
C) Anpan
D) Kkulppang
  • 61. What type of shaved ice dish uses red bean paste in Korea?
A) Anmitsu
B) Red bean soup
C) Patbingsu
D) Oshiruko
  • 62. What type of tteok can be filled with unsweetened patso, sweetened danpat-so, or white geopipat-so?
A) Baram-tteok
B) Gyeongdan
C) Chapssal doughnut
D) Songpyeon
  • 63. What poo-shaped pastry is filled with sweet danpat-so in Korea?
A) Ttongppang
B) Bungeo-ppang
C) Hodu-gwaja
D) Taiyaki
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