Sekihan or Red Bean Rice is a traditional rice dish served on happy occasions in Japan. Glutinous rice is cooked with azuki beans till chewy and tender and topped with a sprinkle of salt and black sesame seeds.
▢⅓ cup azuki beans (½ rice cooker cup, ½合)
▢1 ½ cup water (for cooking beans #1)
▢3 ½ cup water (for cooking beans #2)
▢2 ¼ cups sweet rice/glutinous rice (mochigome) (3 rice cooker cups, 3合, 540 ml)
▢½ tsp kosher/sea salt (I use Diamond Crystal; use half for table salt) (for cooking rice)
For Serving
▢1 Tbsp toasted black sesame seeds (or use gomashio, which is the combination of black sesame seeds and salt)
▢½ tsp kosher/sea salt (I use Diamond Crystal; use half for table salt)