Ingredients:

• 2 2/5 cups (Japanese 3 cups) black beans
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 4 4/5 cups (Japanese 6 cups) water
• 2 2/5 cups sugar
• 1 3/5 cups(Japanese 2 cpus) water

1. Rinse beans and add 4 4/5 cups water and baking soda. Leave it overnight.
2. Cook beans with medium heat skimming and turn down the heat and simmer for 5,6 hours until the beans done. To make the beans shiny black, wrap 3 new iron nails in a cloth and put it in a pot to cook with beans.
3. Cool down until lukewarm and slowly rinse with cold water and drain.
4. In a separate bowl mix sugar and water. Add beans and leave it for 3 days. Ready to serve.

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