| A Bit More Effort Recipe 6 |
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Tempura
(deep fried vegetables
and fish) |
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Tempura is another one of those Japanese dishes that have become famous around the world. Taken originally from the deep fried fish
dishes enjoyed by early Portuguese traders, the Japanese typically
refined the technique and the batter to produce a delicate and
relatively low fat version. You can cook fish, prawns and vegetables
with this recipe. It is usually eaten as a main course with a sauce
into which the individual pieces are briefly dipped before eating and
accompanied by grated daikon (usually with a dash of shoyu poured
on) and grated fresh ginger, which you take a little of with each
mouthful.
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INGREDIENTS |
For 4 people
- 1 packet of Tempura batter mix
- Fresh vegetable oil for deep frying (you can use a wok which cuts
down on the boil needed)
- Assortment of white fish and peeled king prawns as wished
- Assortment of vegetables (for example carrot, sweet potato, long
thin leek, lotus root, green beans, mange-tout peas)
For the dip:
- 220 ml (1 cup) dashi
- 45 ml (3 tablespoons) shoyu
- 15 ml (1 tablespoon) mirin
- Pinch of caster sugar
OR:
- 1 bottle ready made concentrated seasoned shoyu for dipping
(tsuyu no moto)
As accompanying condiments:
- About 50 gms grated daikon (Japanese radish, aka mooli)
- About 50 gms grated fresh peeled ginger
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METHOD |
- Mix all the dip ingredients together in a small saucepan, bring
to the boil and then leave to cool
- Make up the Tempura batter mix according to the packet
instructions
- Cut the fish and vegetables into bite size pieces
4. Grate the daikon and, separately, the ginger
- Heat the oil in the wok to high heat
- Dip a small batch of the vegetables/king prawns/fish pieces
into the batter mix then cook immediately
- Repeat until all the ingredients are cooked
- Serve with the grated daikon and ginger. You can pour a litlle
shoyu onto the daikon if this is to your taste
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INGREDIENTS USED IN THIS RECIPE TO BUY ONLINE |
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Core Products Pack C001
Consists of:
Mirin 600 ml P019,
Sake 500 ml P020,
Shoyu 500ml P022,
Dashi 50 gms P023 |
£10.99 |
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Bottle Mirin (600ml)
P019 |
£5.28 |
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Bottle Cooking Sake (500ml)
P020 |
£2.90 |
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Packet Instant Dashi (50gms)
P023 |
£1.48 |
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Bottle Shoyu |
1 Litre
P021 |
£4.07
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500ml
P022
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£2.31 |
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Packet Tempura Batter Mix (700gms)
P042 |
£2.96 |
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