手て亡ぼう

noun

otebo bean; a variety of common bean

A specific cultivar of Phaseolus vulgaris, often used in Japanese cooking for sweet bean paste (an) or boiled beans. The name literally means 'handless', possibly referring to the ease of shelling or the shape.

• 手て亡ぼう豆まめは白しろあんの原げん料りょうとしてよく使つかわれる。

  Otebo beans are often used as an ingredient for white bean paste.

• この和わ菓が子しには手て亡ぼうのあんが入はいっている。

  This Japanese sweet contains otebo bean paste.