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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Y kan is a thick jellied dessert made of red bean paste, agar, and sugar. It is usually sold in a block form, and eaten in slices. There are two main types: neri y kan and mizu y kan. Mizu means water, and indicates that it is made with more water than usual. Mizu y kan is often chilled and eaten in summer. Although most y kan found in Japan and abroad are typically made with red bean paste, y kan made from white kidney bean paste are also relatively common. This type of y kan is milky and translucent with a much milder flavour than that made of red bean paste. As such, they can be effectively flavoured and coloured by using green tea powder. Y kan may also contain chopped chestnuts, persimmons, whole sweetened azuki beans, figs, and sweet potato, among other additions. Sugar can be also be substituted with honey, dark brown sugar, or molasses to alter the taste of the y kan produced. There is also shio y kan, which uses small amounts of salt as a sweetener.

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