Vegetable tempura
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- serves 6
Ingredients
- 250ml soda water, ice cold
- 150g (or use plain flour) tempura flour
- for frying groundnut oil
- 150g shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 1 sweet potato, halved lengthways and thinly sliced
- 1 aubergine, thinly sliced
- 1 red pepper, cut into squares
ponzu dipping sauce
- 4 tbsp lemon juice
- 4 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
Method
- STEP 1
Mix the sauce ingredients together. Pour the soda water into a bowl, add the flour and lightly mix until just combined.
- STEP 2
Fill a wok or pan a third full with oil and heat. Test the heat by dropping in a piece of bread – if it sizzles and floats to the top, the oil is hot enough. Dip the vegetables in the batter and drop into the oil in batches.
Fry until golden, then drain on kitchen paper. Serve with the sauce.