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Crispy Japanese Vegetable Tempura
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Crispy Japanese Vegetable Tempura

Light, crisp Japanese vegetable tempura with an airy batter and colorful vegetables, with an umami dipping sauce

⏱ 35 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian
Versions:Original🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Dipping sauce

  1. 1
    In a small bowl, stir together the soy sauce, lemon juice, sugar and ginger and set aside.
    Bowl

To assemble

  1. 2
    In a bowl, mix the flour, baking powder and salt.
    Bowl
  2. 3
    Add the egg and beer and mix just until the batter comes together: a few small lumps are fine.
    Whisk
    💡A cold, lightly mixed batter stays light: long mixing develops the gluten in the flour, and the coating comes out tough instead of crisp.
  3. 4
    Heat the oil' in a deep pot' to 180°C (355°F) and dip the cauliflower and vegetable in the batter, piece by piece, and fry in small batches for 2–3 minutes, until golden.
    ⚙ Deep-fryingStoveSlotted spoonCandy/oil thermometerDeep pot for frying
    💡Keep the oil at 170–180°C (340–355°F): too cold, and the food soaks up oil; too hot, and it browns outside before the inside cooks. Without a thermometer, dip the tip of a wooden spoon in the oil: when medium bubbles form around it right away, the oil is hot enough.
    💡Don't overload the oil: every piece that goes in cools it down. Fry one piece as a test, then the rest in several batches, and transfer to paper towels.
  4. 5
    Transfer to paper towels and serve immediately with the dipping sauce.
    Paper towels
395calories
8 gprotein
36 gcarbs
24 gfat
● protein 9%● carbs 37%● fat 55%

Per serving (304 g), of 4 servings

For the Dipping sauce · To assemble ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (5) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Deep pot for frying · Also works: Electric deep fryer (None) · Wok (Less oil, less stable)
  • Bowl · Also works: Pot (None)
  • Slotted spoon · Also works: Spider strainer (None) · Tongs (For large pieces)
  • Whisk · Also works: Hand mixer (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Fork (Beat with a fork, less air)

🧻 Consumables: Paper towels

Helps, not needed: Candy/oil thermometer

By the steps, as the recipe is built now: another version or addition can change the list.

🧩 Built from…

Dipping sauce → Batter-Fried Vegetable

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