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羊羹 (ようかん, Yōkan) is Yokan — a Japanese food (sweet dishes).
What is Yokan?
Yōkan is a thick, jellied dessert usually made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices. Although yōkan is typically made with red bean paste, yōkan made from white kidney bean paste (しろあん, 白餡 shiro-an ) is also relatively common. This type of yōkan is milky and translucent with a much milder flavour than that made of red bean paste. As such, it can be effectively flavoured and coloured by using green tea powder. Yōkan may also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, whole sweetened azuki beans, figs, and sweet potato, among other additions. Sugar can also be replaced with honey, dark brown sugar, or molasses to alter the taste of the yōkan produced. There is also shio yōkan , which uses small amounts of salt.