3 Unique & Healthy Japanese Sweet Milk Drink Recipes
As for Japanese beverages using milk, I think Matcha Latte or Green Tea Latte is especially popular in many countries thanks to coffee chains like Starbucks.
It is well-recognized worldwide, but there are still a variety of unique drinks made with milk in Japan.
If I give a representative example of such milk beverages, Kinako Milk, which I talked about in this article, is something unlike any other in the world.
Besides Kinako Milk, you can find a lot of milk drink recipes unique to Japan on Japanese recipe sites.
Out of those, today, let me introduce three easy & healthy sweet milk drink recipes that you may never have tried before. First, let’s look at Amazake Milk.
Amazake Milk
Amazake (甘酒) is a traditional Japanese sweet drink made from fermented rice. Although the name is associated with Sake rice wine, the beverage is non-alcoholic and healthy.
Amazake Milk is a simple mixture of Amazake and milk. This milk beverage became a topic of conversation online, and the recipe is simple as follows.
Instructions
- Pour 100 ml of milk and 50ml of Amazake into a cup/glass.
- Stir well and enjoy! You can enjoy this both hot and cold.
Hojicha Milk with Kinako
Image/Source: Rakuten Recipe
Hojicha is a type of roasted green tea, and Hojicha Latte is popular in Japan. And that is why I introduce the recipe. This one from Rakuten Recipe has a twist of Kinako, by the way.
As you may know, Kinako is roasted soy flour packed with nutrients, and I think this milk beverage is as healthful as Kinako Milk with various health benefits.
Instructions
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Strong Hojicha | 100 cc |
| Milk | 80 cc |
| Kinako | 1 teaspoon |
| Brown sugar | 1 teaspoon |
- Put a small amount of milk, the Kinako soybean flour, and the brown sugar in a cup and stir well until the Kinako dissolves.
- Then, pour the rest milk and Hojicha into the cup and microwave until hot.
- Stir well again, and enjoy!
Kinako Milk with Anko
Image/Source: Rakuten Recipe
As mentioned above, Kinako Milk is a healthy drink that became a popular topic a few years ago. And this one has a twist or the sweetness of Anko (餡子) red bean paste.
Both Kinako and Anko are wholesome and very Japanese, and so is this milk beverage.
Instructions
| Ingredients | Quantity |
|---|---|
| Milk | 150 cc |
| Anko | 2 teaspoons |
| Kinako | 1 teaspoon |
| Sugar | 1 teaspoon |
- Microwave the milk until hot.
- Put the Anko, Kinako, and sugar into the milk and stir well.
- Enjoy!
