5 from 10 votes
Tenmusu 天むす
Tenmusu is a Japanese rice ball filled with crispy fried prawn tempura and wrapped in a strip of seaweed. The recipe includes cooking Japanese-style rice, preparing a light tempura batter with flour, tsuyu, Japanese mayonnaise, and ice-cold water, followed by deep-frying prawns. The prawn tempura is then encased inside a triangular rice ball molded using cling wrap, and finished by wrapping each with grilled seaweed. This snack combines warm, tender rice with crunchy prawn for an enjoyable textural contrast.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings:
8
Calories:
206 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 2 cups rice uncooked
- 2 seaweed sheets
- 1 tsp salt
- 8 prawns
- cooking oil for frying
Tempura Batter
- 50 g plain flour
- 15 g tsuyu 1
- 10 g mayonnaise Japanese
- 50 g water ice cold
Instructions
- Cook the rice according to your rice cooker instructions or cook in a pot. *2
- Prepare the prawns by peeling off the shell, removing the tail, and cleaning out the inside.
- Put all the batter ingredients into small bowl and stir until it's just mixed and refrigerated until just before deep frying.
- Heat some oil to 180c(356F).
- Take the batter bowl out of the fridge.
- Dip the prawns into the batter then deep fry them all for just a couple of minutes (be careful not to overcook).
- Place a sheet of cling wrap into a rice bowl and put some rice (1/8 of the amount of rice) into the bowl.
- Make a small well in the centre of the rice and place 1 prawn into the centre.
- Fold the cling wrap together and shape the rice into a triangle around the prawn.
- Slightly grill the seaweed sheets and cut each sheet into 4 long strips.
- Remove the cling wrap and put one seaweed strip around the rice.
- Repeat for the remaining rice and prawns.
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Notes
- If tsuyu sauce is unavailable, substitute with equal parts soy sauce, sake, and mirin.
- Use Japanese mayonnaise for authentic flavor; omit if unavailable.
- Japanese rice cup is 180 ml; adjust cooking water accordingly if using different measurements.
- Do not overcook prawns during frying to maintain crispiness and tenderness.
Nutrition Information
Calories
206kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
41g
(14%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Cholesterol
15mg
(5%)
Sodium
347mg
(14%)
Potassium
64mg
(1%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
22mg
(2%)
Iron
0.8mg
(4%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 8 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 206
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 206kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 41g | 14% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Cholesterol | 15mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 347mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 64mg | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 22mg | 2% |
| Iron | 0.8mg | 4% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.