Anmitsu (Azuki-bean Paste Parfait) /あんみつ

Anmitsu (Azuki-Bean Paste Parfait)

Anmitsu is a Japanese dessert comes with mitsumame (red pea), agar cube, cherry, azuki-bean paste, mandarin orange and Gyūhi (a softer variety of mochi) all in a bowl. You'll use brown sugar syrup to pour over those above.

It is said the origin of anmitsu is back in 1930, a shop called Wakamatsu in Ginza started selling this sweet.

You can find this sweet through the year but it's most popular in summer as it's a seasonal tradition.

There're some variations of anmitsu;

"Cream Anmitsu"--- with whipped cream or ice cream

"Shiratama Anmitsu"--- with rice dumpling ball

"Fruit Anmitsu"---  with cut fruits

As it's Wagashi, Japanese traditional sweets, we used to see them in a Japanese food restaurants or Japanese tea places.

However, nowadays, you can find one even in convenience stores like I did today.

If you want to give it a shot, I'd recommend cheap and smalls ones.

あんみつ

夏の風物詩のあんみつ。

最近ではコンビニでも沢山の種類の和菓子が売られている。

「カロリーが低めの甘いもの」を探しているときには、洋菓子ではなく和菓子がオススメ。