Mixed tempura

Recipes / Fish

Use this basic tempura batter to coat all your favourite fish, seafood and vegetables.

Recipe «Mixed tempura» presented in category Recipes / Fish, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 12 green king prawns, peeled, tails intact, deveined, 2 small baby eggplants, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways, 12 stringless green beans, 1/2 small sweet potato, peeled, cut into 5mm-thick slices, 1/3 cup plain flour , Vegetable oil, for deep-frying, Kikkoman Soy, Sashimi and Sushi Dipping Sauce, to serve, 2 egg yolks , 2 cups chilled water, 2 cups plain flour.

Ingredients:

  • 12 green king prawns, peeled, tails intact, deveined 
  • 2 small baby eggplants, trimmed, thinly sliced lengthways 
  • 12 stringless green beans 
  • 1/2 small sweet potato, peeled, cut into 5mm-thick slices 
  • 1/3 cup plain flour 
  • Vegetable oil, for deep-frying 
  • Kikkoman Soy, Sashimi and Sushi Dipping Sauce, to serve 
  • 2 egg yolks 
  • 2 cups chilled water 
  • 2 cups plain flour 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 160°C. Place prawns, eggplant, beans and sweet potato on a flat tray lined with paper towel. Pat with more paper towel to remove excess moisture. Place plain flour in a shallow bowl.
  2. Half-fill a deep-fryer or wok with oil. Heat until hot. Place a wire rack over a baking tray lined with paper towel.
  3. Make tempura batter Meanwhile, combine 1 egg yolk and 1 cup chilled water in a bowl. Stir with chopsticks or flat-bladed knife. Add 1 cup flour and stir lightly with chopsticks. Do not beat or over-mix (flour should still be lumpy).
  4. Dip prawns and eggplant lightly in plain flour. Dip in tempura batter to coat. Gently ease 5 to 6 pieces at a time into hot oil. Cook, turning occasionally, for 2 to 3 minutes or until crisp and golden. Use a slotted spoon to remove to wire rack. Make second batch of tempura batter using remaining ingredients. Repeat step 4 using tempura, beans and sweet potato.
  5. Arrange prawns and vegetables on serving plates. Serve with dark soy dipping sauce.