Tempura Recipe #1 |
Vegetable Tempura |
This is a great way of using up the end of your veg box.
It works well with most vegetables.
Although it's deep-fried, as long as the oil is hot enough and you drain the tempura after cooking, it's not that bad...!
Quick, delicious and a nice change from sticking your veg in a curry!
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Ingredients |
500g mixed veg, e.g. carrots (in sticks), runner beans (sliced), courgettes (sliced), aubergine (in sticks), onion (in eigths), peppers (sliced), beetroot (in eigths) - use whatever you've got left!
200g plain flour
large pinch of salt
300ml ice cold water - ideally sparkling
Oil for deep frying
Note: no egg in the batter |
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Method |
- Mix the flour and the water together with the salt. Use a whisk to remove any big lumps, but don't worry about smaller lumps.
- Heat the oil in a wok or deep fat fryer until it reaches 180 degrees C.
- Cut the vegetables into slices or chunks - not too thick or they won't cook, not too think or they'll be mushy!
- Dry the vegetables with kitchen paper - the batter sticks better when they're really dry. Dip each slice in the batter and then immediately put in the wok.
- Keep going until you have a full wok, one layer deep.
- Cook for 2 minutes, then turn the vegetables. Continue to cook until the batter is lightly browned.
- Use a slotted spoon to remove the bananas from the wok and drain on kitchen paper.
Serve with sweet chilli sauce or soy sacue / tamari - incredible!
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Time From Cupboard-To-Table |
| 15-20 minutes |
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Notes & Variations |
I am yet to find a vegetable that doesn't work as tempura. It even works with beetroot!
My favourite is courgette - crispy tempura batter on the outside, soft, juicy courgette on the inside!
Want to try it with fruit? Try tempura bananas! Serve with blackberry & apple syrup - incredible! |
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Ratings & Reviews |
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Comments |
| 9/10 |
Absolutely scrum. Try using sparkling water for an even lighter batter. Serve with soy sauce with a bit of wasabi, if you're brave! |
| 9/10 |
Ditto the above - I tried it on my "meat and two veg is the only proper meal" father and he raved about it! |
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Wonderful! Serve with a mix of soy sauce and rice vinegar for dipping. Definitely use the sparkling water if you can... |
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Tried different variations with egg etc come back to this every time never fails to get compliments! |
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I met a Japanese chap whilst travelling around Oz in a camper van - he showed me a batter mix using beer instead of water. Lovely! |
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