汁粉(しるこ)

しるこ
noun
sweet red-bean soup with mochi
food
1. sweet red-bean soup with mochi or rice dumplings
A hot, sweet soup of azuki bean paste served with grilled mochi or small rice-flour dumplings. Usually said with the polite prefix: お汁粉(しるこ).
お汁粉(しるこ)を食(た)べた。
I had some oshiruko.
寒(さむ)い日(ひ)はお汁粉(しるこ)が恋(こい)しい。
On cold days I crave oshiruko.
鏡開(かがみびら)きの日(ひ)に、鏡餅(かがみもち)を割(わ)ってお汁粉(しるこ)にした。
On kagami-biraki day we broke up the New Year mochi and made oshiruko.

A winter sweet, traditionally eaten at 鏡開(かがみびら)き (January 11), when the New Year's mochi is broken and cooked. Canned お汁粉(しるこ) is sold hot in vending machines.

Similar words

  • ぜんざい: also a sweet red-bean dish with mochi. In the Kansai region, 汁粉(しるこ) is made with smooth bean paste and ぜんざい with whole beans; in the Kanto region, 汁粉(しるこ) covers both soups and ぜんざい is a thick paste with almost no liquid
  • 餡子(あんこ): sweet bean paste, the base of 汁粉(しるこ)

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