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Before you begin here a few essential tips to remember: youUll need a deep thick wall pan ( wok o.
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k. ), filled with 1 inch of peanut oil preferred ( Never lard or shortening ),slice vegetables thin crowd, and have the temperature of the oil from 340 for vegetables or 360 degrees for fish.
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Cold water in batter is a must to keep the flour from being sticky .
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Do a trial try of frying so youUll know how long vegetables or fish need to cook.
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Author did not mention poultry but I surmise it would be cooked as the fish is.
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Vegetables and fish were the initial things cooked this way in the history of tempura due to their trade with the Portuguese and Dutch merchants.
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Make the batter: Beat egg with water.
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Mix in flour and whisk quickly.
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Set aside.
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Make the tempura dip: Boil the dashi no moto ( this is a dried soup stock from fish or poultry usually contained in tea bag type of packing )in the water for 2 or 3 minutes.
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Turn off the heat and add all the remaining ingredients.
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Prepare the vegetables or fish but cutting into rings, strips, cubes etc.
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For fish, dredge in flour before dipping in batter.
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Vegetables are just dipped into the batter.
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Let excess batter drip off with either fish or vegetables.
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( meanwhile you will have had the oil preheated in the pan to the right temperature for either fish or vegetables Drop into oil by hand or use a tablespoon for vegetable cubes.
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Take the vegetables or fish out of the oil when slightly browned.
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Serve the tempura with the Tentsuyu dip along with rice.
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Place rice in a bowl, top with tempura and a few tbs.
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of the tentsuyu dip.
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Or serve tempura over Japanese noodles ( soba ).
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Note all Japanese ingredients may be found readily in most supermarkets or gourmet grocers today.
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Also, there are other variations in frying tempura; this is one basic historic method.
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Prior to using peanut oil, sesame seed oil was used mainly when tempura first became popular in Japan, over 400 years ago.