Red Bean Paste - Linny at Home

Wash the beans a couple of times
Soak red bean overnight
Discard any leftover water
Pour the red bean into a heavy bottom pot or rice cooker. Add in water
Cook red bean in the rice cooker as you would for white rice. On stove top, turn on high until the water boils and cook for 10 min. Turn down to medium low stirring occasionally until most water has been absorbed.
Once all the water is absorbed, add in salt and sugar and stir. Mix
Use immersion blender or pour in blender and mix until smooth. You can also leave out 1/4 of the red mixture out and add it in at the end.
Once all blended, put the mixture into a wok or frying pan and put in the oil
On low heat, stir fry the paste for about 10 min. This is to help enhance the flavour and preserve it.
Let the paste cool and you can use right away or pack it up. Pack it airtight container for storage in fridge for 1 week or in ziploc bags to freeze up to a 1 month

If you don't have a blender you can use a masher. It won't be smooth but it's still great way to enjoy red bean.