#zenzai

[hst432]

そばぜんざい

[softsoundingsea]

紅芋ぜんざい

Beni-imo Zenzai in Okinawa

In Okinawa, Zenzai ぜんざい means Shave Ice かき氷 with Azuki beans and mochi.

In Okinawa, the beans used to be from a traditional Ryukyuan dish called, Amagashi あまがし which was made of barley, brown sugar, and mung bean. After WWII, people in Okinawa started to use Azuki and with refrigerators becoming commonplace, started add shave ice on top.

Traditionally, Amagashi was eaten on ユッカヌヒー Yukkanuhii (5th month, 4th day of the lunar calendar) and グングヮチグニチ Gungwachigunichi (5th month, 5th day of the lunar calendar).

[morethansalad]

Black Sesame Zenzai (Oshiruko) with Tofu Dango / 豆腐白玉の黒胡麻ぜんざい (Vegan)

[ukgk]

(2004)

[animehotpot]

[sakuraghosttown]

Ayamatsu Oekaki Collection

[sudachirecipes]

🍜 ❄️ Ever wondered what Japanese comfort food tastes like in a dessert bowl?

🔗 Full recipe on my website! Just google "zenzai sudachi"!

[teasetmonster]

My Animal Crossing Pocket Camp girl, Zenzai, is my current comfort character to draw, and Nintendo ending support for the app in a couple months probably won’t change that. Anyway, apple harvest season is a fairly big deal where I live (apples from my family’s tree are going to get made into applesauce today, if possible), and I wanted to make a cute, cozy little picture of rabbits and apples.

There’s a vertical tablet wallpaper version of this available on my Patreon.