Tempura

Name: Tempura
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 8 large raw prawns, shelled, tails on; 1 sweet potato, sliced; 4 shiitake mushrooms; 1 handful green beans; 200g plain flour; 1 egg yolk; 250ml ice-cold sparkling water; vegetable oil for deep-frying; dashi, soy and mirin for dipping sauce

Light, airy battered seafood and vegetables — the Japanese art of deep-frying.

Total time

35 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

15 min

Difficulty

hard

Cuisine

Japanese

Ingredients

8 largeraw prawns, shelled, tails on

1sweet potato, sliced

4shiitake mushrooms

1 handfulgreen beans

200gplain flour

1egg yolk

250mlice-cold sparkling water

vegetable oilfor deep-frying

dashi, soy and mirinfor dipping sauce

Instructions

Mix egg yolk lightly with sparkling water. Add flour in one go, stir briefly — lumps are fine.

Heat oil to 180°C.

Dip vegetables in batter, fry 2–3 minutes until pale golden and crisp.

Dip prawns, fry 2 minutes.

Make dipping sauce by simmering dashi, soy and mirin together.

Serve tempura immediately with dipping sauce and grated daikon.