noun
sweet red bean soup with chestnuts
A traditional Japanese dessert: a warm sweet soup made from adzuki beans, with whole chestnuts added. Similar to ぜんざい but with chestnuts.
See also: ぜんざい
冬になると、栗ぜんざいが食べたくなる。
When winter comes, I start craving sweet red bean soup with chestnuts.
この店の栗ぜんざいは、栗が大きくておいしい。
The chestnuts in this shop's sweet bean soup are big and delicious.
ぜんざい is a sweet red bean soup often served with mochi or shiratama; 栗ぜんざい specifically includes chestnuts.
Compound of 栗 (kuri, 'chestnut') and ぜんざい (zenzai, 'sweet red bean soup'). The origin of ぜんざい is uncertain, but it is a traditional Japanese sweet.