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Thursday, May 10, 2007

Japanese Recipes (Kathy)

Tempura (てんぷら or 天麩羅, tenpura?) refers to classic Japanese deep fried batter-dipped seafood and vegetables. The batter is made of ice cold water, flour, and eggs (or egg yolks). Small dry bite-sized pieces of food are dipped in flour, then in batter, and then deep fried for 2-3 minutes. In high-class restaurants, sesame oil or a mixture of sesame and other cooking oils are used.
Western chefs frequently include tempura dishes on their menus but seldom with 'authentic' results. This largely stems from a misunderstanding about mixing the batter which, in classic cookery must be beaten until homogeneous. Good tempura batter is mixed with
chopsticks, but only for a few seconds. This leaves numerous lumps in the mixture and results in the unique tempura structure when cooked. Also crucial is that tempura batter be made freshly, with ice-cold water, in small batches.



INGREDIENTS:

12 large shrimps
1 egg
1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup ice water
Vegetable oil for frying

PREPARATION:

Remove heads and shells from shrimps without removing tails. Devein the shrimps. Make two or three incisions in the stomach sides of the shrimps to straighten them. Lightly press the back of shrimps to straighten. Remove the dirt from the tails of shrimps, using a knife. Dry shrimps on paper towels.
Make tempura batter. Heat the oil to 340F degree. Flour shrimps before frying. Dip the shrimps in the tempura batter. Fry the shrimps until crisp.


23 comments:

  1. Hi Kathy,

    The tempura looks yummy! Although i am currently sick right now, but upon reading the steps to prepare this dish made my mouth watery :)

    I think i'll try it out one day & surprise my bf & family with this Tempura Shrimps :)

    Thumbee

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  2. sounds and looks soo delicious :P oishi desu ne? :P

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  3. Hmmmm Yum! Japanese. I love Sushii....:D

    And my cousin is crazy about tempura. I was amazed at ya recipe. Seems to simple yet looks like a genuis work.

    awesome. Thanks Kathy for this one;)

    ~Jewel:D

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  4. yum yum yum... i lowe sushi tooooo... tempura.. awww... does mumbai provide thissssssss?

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  5. looks good...you know any veggie stuff??

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  6. non-veg stuff.. m outta here :D

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  7. Yummyy post!! I totally dig sushi, and I've tasted the Japanese duck roast, friend rice and salad. Now if only I can lay my hands on this.

    Oh why oh why aren't you anywhere closer.. I could've invited myself over :P

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  8. Kath I've tried this so many times at restaurants. I love it! But I have never made it at home. Looks like this is going to be my Mothers' Day special for mum..I'll try it at home this Sunday...or should I leave it for a nother day incase mum wud end up starving cos I burnt it or something? :)

    Lovely recipe n ty sweetie HUGGGGGGGGGZ!

    Keshi.

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  9. @ thumbee

    ... yeah its really yummy, u shud try it at home dear... surely ur family, esp. ur bf would luv it!

    ... and get well soon dear muaah!take care!

    see ya around!!

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  10. i see all the super non veg.. just when I am finally getting to convert myself t a complete veg!!

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  11. @ Mich

    ... hai tempura wa tottemo oishi desu! ^_~

    ... try it sweetie muaahh!

    hugss**

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  12. @ Amy

    awww u luv sushi??? thats cool!! i love it too!! ^_^ yeah tempura is quite easy to cook so u shud try it sweetie!

    enjoyy!!!

    cheers**

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  13. @ darsh'd

    .... oh its nice to know that lots of u here luvs sushi and tempura ^_~

    ** does mumbai provide thissssssss? **

    aww i dunno dear, maybe there are few japanese restaurant there... will check that for u ^_~ hehe... let see!

    cheers**

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  14. Yes i do Kathy. I recently went to a japanese restaurant to have some. Love the ones that roll down the circle and u get to pick which one u want. Love their style of serving. And yeah once again i lurrrve sushi.:D Have taken note of the recipe.;)

    ~Jewel

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  15. @ vishesh

    ... oh vegi dish?? actually i thought of puttin' that too but i didnt get enough time to write yesterday... hopefully i can post some few recipes next time!

    cheers**

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  16. @ sudeep

    ... ahem look who's here??? awwwwww sudeepuuuuuuu where were u huh?? ^_^ hehe... goshhhh!! soo amazed to see u here and that w/ the comment....
    ** non-veg stuff.. m outta here :D **

    hehe.. lol sorry sweetie! didnt get enough time to write more recipes coz im runnin out of time of the topic this week... like u lol!!^_^ hope to see u regularly here... we need sudeep's dose ^_~ but pls... just dun put any of ur desktop goddesses here ok? surely Ish will kick ya out hehe!!

    miss ya!

    cheers**

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  17. @ mr.j

    ... oh so u love japanese dishes?? awww thats coool! ^_^

    ... yeah why dun u come over? wud luv to see u here in Tokyo hehe!! and i can make that fried rice and salad for u but... duck roast??? uh oh... will try to make that ^_~ need to experiment from today hehe! hope i dun burn the house lol! ;)

    cheers**

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  18. @ kesh

    ... aww i know u love sushi and tempura coz i've read that even before on ur post ^_~

    ... isn't that good idea to surprise Mom for Mother's Day? try it sweetie... just pls. dun burn the house hehe! lol! ^_^ muaahh! i know ur a good cook...

    enjoyyyy weekend!!

    hugss**

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  19. @ abhi

    ... ** i see all the super non veg.. just when I am finally getting to convert myself t a complete veg!!

    ... aww is it?? well, all vegi is good too! and i know that there are lots of good and yummy vegi dishes there in India! ur lucky...

    ... enjoy dear!

    cheers**

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  20. @ amy

    ... oh ur talkin about sushi roll right?? aww m about to put that recipe too yesterday, just didn't get enough time na... will try to share that next time!

    ... california roll is cool too, w/ all those beautiful color in it! yeah, thats true! japanese way of serving foods is simply unique... u will love the different designs, colors and varieties of taste...

    cheers**

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  21. Thanks for sharing this :)...gonna copy and paste this one in my recipe folder and must try it out soon:)...seems yummmmmmmm!

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  22. @ Ish

    ... yeah its easy sweetie, do try it at home!! ^_~

    oops... Happy Mom's Day!!muaahh....

    luv ya!

    Hugss

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  23. didnt get to make em yday cos we went to a friends' place for mums' day lunch. Lucky mum she survived the trauma LOL!

    Keshi.

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