Kinako
roasted soybean flour
Kinako (黄粉 or きなこ) is toasted soybean flour. It is commonly used in Japanese cuisine.[1]
Kinako itself is not sweet, but people often add sugar into kinako and coat the mixed-one to wagashi (Japanese sweets), for example Warabimochi.
History
changeThe use of kinako was recorded during the Yayoi period from 300 BC to 300 AD.[2]
References
change- ↑ Andoh, Elizabeth. (2012). Washoku: Recipes from the Japanese Home Kitchen, p. 14.
- ↑ Shurtleff, William and Akiko Aoyagi (2009). History of Miso, p. 772.
