The Festival of the Seventh Night is approaching, and if you still have no one by your side, let TasteVN suggest 15 delicious red bean desserts to immediately dispel your bad luck; who knows, happiness may come to you. Let’s explore the Cooking Tips section right away!
1. Red bean steamed buns
Besides the familiar mung bean filling or taro filling, now you can transform your steamed buns with the delicious and attractive red bean filling.
With a soft outer layer of steamed bun, the red bean filling wrapped inside has a mild sweetness, a light richness, and a very appealing graininess. The steaming hot red bean bun is so delicious that you can eat it continuously without feeling tired of it.
2. Mooncakes with red bean filling
With a harmonious combination of green tea and red beans, these mooncakes become even more delicious and appealing. Making you want to take a second bite right after the first one.
The mooncake has a fragrant green tea crust, slightly bitter and not too greasy, furthermore, the red bean filling inside is sweet, rich, and aromatic. This surely is a cake worth making and treating your family!
3. Mochi with red bean filling
Mochi cakes are always loved for their soft and chewy texture, moreover, mochi with red bean filling will definitely make you like this cake even more!
The mochi cake has a chewy glutinous rice flour layer on the outside, and inside is finely mashed red bean filling, which has a mild sweetness, not too greasy, very flavorful. The cake is best enjoyed cold, taking a big bite with the red bean melting in your mouth is simply delightful.
4. Red bean fish-shaped cake
This is a traditional Japanese cake, the red bean taiyaki not only tastes delicious when eaten hot but also has a very fragrant, cool, and appealing taste when eaten cold!
The finished fish cake has a lovely shape, a soft and slightly chewy crust, and a fragrant milk scent. Inside the cake is a sweet, creamy red bean filling that blends perfectly with the outer crust, creating a delicious fish cake!
5. Chewy red bean cake
Not just during the Mid-Autumn Festival, chewy red bean cakes are also very popular on the Double Seventh Festival because of their unique delicious flavor.
This cake is always loved for the fragrance of grapefruit blossom, and the red bean filling is carefully cooked until soft and chewy, making it extremely appealing. The beautiful cakes have a sweet, fragrant flavor that blends together, and drinking them with hot tea is absolutely wonderful.
6. Red bean bread
Not only does it satisfy your hunger, but it can also help you break your single status on the day of the 7th night, these small, cute red bean breads that are extremely high quality will help you achieve that.
Freshly baked red bean bread, the aroma spreads throughout the kitchen. When the bread is still warm, you just need to break it in half to feel the fragrance spreading. Moreover, the bread with its soft outer layer encasing the sweet, nutty red bean filling makes you want to eat it right away!
7. Red bean water dumplings
Delicious just like green bean water dumplings, red bean water dumplings with their soft and chewy outer layer of glutinous rice, and sweet, fragrant red bean filling inside, make these dumplings even more prominent and visually appealing!
8. Red Bean Yokan
The Yokan made from red beans sounds really strange, but don’t worry, the sweet, delicious, fragrant, and refreshing taste of this cake will enchant you!
Called a cake, but in fact, red bean Yokan has the form of jelly, which is a combination of ingredients like agar powder, ginger, red beans, and sugar to create a sweet and cool dessert. When set, Yokan has a refreshing taste that melts in your mouth, making it very appealing.
9. Pia cake with red bean filling
Pia cake – a specialty of our country – has now been transformed with a unique, delicious red bean filling for the Thất Tịch festival, which is just as good as the traditional green bean or durian fillings.
The red bean pia cake has a very attractive multi-layered crust, and the red bean filling inside is full, sweet, and fragrant. Red beans also have effects that are good for health. Just one bite and you will feel the sweet flavor spread throughout your mouth. Don’t eat too much, or you’ll be addicted!
10. Hong Kong red bean pudding
Sure to make you fall in love at first sight, the Hong Kong red bean pudding is not only visually appealing but also easy to make, making your Thất Tịch festival much more interesting.
The red bean pudding has a light fatty taste, with the chunky red beans blending wonderfully with the chewy pudding, creating a very unique flavor. To make it even tastier, coconut milk is drizzled on top of the pudding, adding a sweet and fatty flavor that is very appealing!
11. Red Bean Cake
Besides the familiar green rice cakes, you can add red beans to create a delicious and delightful red bean cake.
The red bean cake may be complicated to make, but the final product will not disappoint you. The cake has a chewy, slightly sticky texture and sweetness thanks to the combination of glutinous rice and red beans. Moreover, the strands of ginger with their warm, fragrant flavor will make the cake more appealing without being overwhelming.
12. Pumpkin Cake with Red Bean Filling
Seemingly an impossible combination, the delicious and unique pumpkin cake with red bean filling will make your Valentine’s Day more interesting and tasty!
Pumpkin with its intoxicating aroma wraps the sweet, rich red beans inside, then is rolled and steamed. The slices of pumpkin cake are cut and sprinkled with dried coconut on top, making the dish even more appealing, making you want to eat it right away!
13. Crunchy orange cake with red bean filling
The crunchy orange cakes are tied to childhood memories, with their delightful crispiness and sweet flavor always making us nostalgic. On the day of the Thất Tịnh festival, making orange cakes with delicious red bean filling is truly the best, isn’t it!
Orange cakes are covered with fragrant sesame seeds on the outside, with a crispy crust and a beautiful golden color. The most special part is the lightly fatty, mildly sweet, and nutty red bean filling inside. With this irresistible deliciousness, one cake will definitely never be enough!
14. Fried sticky rice cake with red bean filling
Don’t worry about feeling lonely and cold on the Thất Tịnh festival, fried sticky rice cakes with red bean filling will warm your heart with their hot, crispy, and indescribably sweet flavor.
The sticky rice cakes are fried to a golden crisp, with chewy rice wrapping around the rich and chewy red bean filling mixed with shredded coconut, making each bite delightful. Just a plate of delicious fried sticky rice cakes with red bean filling will surely make your Thất Tịnh festival much more enjoyable, so get cooking right away!
15. Red Bean Pancake
Instead of being ground and cooked like other types of cakes, the red bean pancake with its unique preparation makes the cake more visually appealing and delicious.
Red beans are kept whole and mixed with sugar until they are sweet. After that, they are placed on the pancake along with almonds and very appealing whipped cream. Invite your friends to make red bean pancakes to make the Double Seven Festival more fun and interesting!
Hope that this collection of 15 delicious and appealing red bean cakes that are easy to make will make your Thất Tịch festival even more joyful and meaningful!
