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Tempura 天麩羅

How to cook perfect crispy Tempura prawn and vegetables at home. A secret ingredient to make crispy tempura batter & many tips to prepare ingredients.

Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
25 mins
Servings: 2
Calories: 371 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

  • 4 Prawns
  • 4 Slices of purple sweet potato
  • 2 Slices of lenkon
  • 2 Slices of shiso
  • 2 Shiitake mushrooms
  • 1 Chikuwa fish cake *1 optional
  • oil for deep frying
Batter
  • 50 g plain flour
  • 75 ml ice cold water
  • 1 tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise
Tentsuyu (dipping sauce)
  • 1 cup of water
  • 1/2 tbsp dashi powder
  • 1/4 cup mirin
  • 1/4 cup soy sauce
  • 1/4 cup grated daikon

Instructions

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  1. Prepare the prawn and vegetables and set aside. *2
  2. Place the flour and add icey cold water and mayonnaise. Combine them together briefly (don't over-mix or it will be too gooey).
  3. Set aside in fridge until all ingredients and oil is ready.
  4. Fill a deep pan or deep-fryer with vegetable oil and heat until 180c.
  5. Add each ingredient (prawn & vegetable) to the batter individually to coat them and put them into the oil.
  6. When the prawn and vegetable is cooked, if you lift them up out of cooking oil with a pair of chopsticks you can feel tiny vibration.
  7. When the ingredients are cooked, place them onto a plate lined with a paper towel to absorb the excess oil.
  8. Continue to coat and fry each ingredient until all done.
Sauce
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  1. Add the mirin to a small sauce pan and boil on high heat for about 1 minute (this will allow all the alcohol to evaporate).
  2. Add the water, soy sauce, and dashi powder and bring to a boil.
  3. Place the sauce in a bowl and allow it to cool down then serve with the Tempura.
  4. Pour about 1/4 cup of Tentsuyu in a small bowl with about 1 tbsp of grated daikon to serve with Tempura. *3

Notes

  • Tempura is quite difficult to make at home. To achieve crispy and crunchy tempura batter is to use Japanese mayonnaise. If you can not get Japanese mayonnaise, it can be omit. Instead of using Japanese mayonnaise, make all other batter ingredients really cold. Use icy cold water and keep the bowl of batter in fridge until just before it is used. 
  • *1 you can replace chikuwa with any vegetables such as green beans and shishito peppers
  • *2 follow the tips in the post.
  • *3 you could sprinkle shichimi togarashi (7 spice chilli) too if you like a little kick of spiciness. 
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Nutrition Information

Calories 371kcal (19%) Carbohydrates 38g (13%) Protein 11g (22%) Fat 21g (32%) Saturated Fat 13g (65%) Cholesterol 33mg (11%) Sodium 2156mg (90%) Potassium 209mg (6%) Fiber 2g (8%) Sugar 8g (16%) Vitamin A 385IU (8%) Vitamin C 7.3mg (8%) Calcium 23mg (2%) Iron 2.2mg (12%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 2Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 371

% Daily Value*

Calories 371kcal 19%
Carbohydrates 38g 13%
Protein 11g 22%
Fat 21g 32%
Saturated Fat 13g 65%
Cholesterol 33mg 11%
Sodium 2156mg 90%
Potassium 209mg 4%
Fiber 2g 8%
Sugar 8g 16%
Vitamin A 385IU 8%
Vitamin C 7.3mg 8%
Calcium 23mg 2%
Iron 2.2mg 12%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.