Vegetable Tempura

Vegetable Tempura

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Japanese · 35 min · Beans · vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free

429 cal 8g protein 52g carbs 21g fat per serving · estimated

Ingredients

scaled from 4 servings
  • 1 sweet potato
  • 1 japanese eggplant
  • 2 1/2 oz green beans
  • 3 shiitake mushrooms
  • 1/2 cup cake flour
  • 1/2 cup ice-cold sparkling water
  • 1/2 cup kombu dashi (vegan)
  • 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 1 1/2 cups neutral frying oil

Method (tap to check — screen stays awake)

  1. Slice sweet potato into thin rounds, cut eggplant into fans, trim beans, and de-stem shiitake.
  2. Simmer kombu dashi, soy sauce and mirin 2 minutes to make tentsuyu dipping sauce.
  3. Heat oil to 350F. Just before frying, whisk cake flour with ice-cold sparkling water into a lumpy, thin batter.
  4. Dip vegetables in batter and fry in batches 2-3 minutes until pale and crisp; keep oil temperature steady.
  5. Drain tempura on a rack and serve immediately with warm tentsuyu.

Nutrition figures are estimates. Verify allergens on every ingredient label before cooking.

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