Assyrian cuisine tomato sauce and baked in the oven, not unlike the Levantine version of moussaka), "shamakhshi" (fried rolled eggplant stuffed with ground beef in tomato sauce), "Dolma" (rice and tomato sauce stuffed in grape leaves, cabbage, various peppers, zucchini, and eggplant), "Masgouf" (fish spiced with olive oil, salt, and turmeric, topped with tomatoes, potatoes, and onions then oven-baked) and "Lahmacun" (flatbread topped with ground beef, tomato paste, spices, and onions). Sesame seeds are important to the cuisine and used to make tahini, there is even an Assyrian folk tale about the gods drinking sesame wine on the night before they created
Red bean paste red beans, and the white paste made of "geopipat" is called "geopipat-so" (). Red bean paste is graded according to its consistency, sweetness, and color. In Chinese cuisine, the most common types are: In Japanese cuisine and confectionary, the most common types are: In Korean cuisine and confectionery, the most common types are: Red bean paste is used in many Chinese dishes, such as: Red bean paste is used in many Japanese sweets. Red bean paste is used in various Korean snack foods and desserts, including: Red bean paste Red bean paste () or red bean jam, also called adzuki