Tempura

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Yum! Tempura is teh best. I really wanna try tempura icecream, it looks delicious. Sorta like french toast.

Tempura of a banana seems to be delicious, too.

KONAYA
Tempura and curry udon of a banana

http://www.maruhiru.com/intropage/konaya/konaya.htm

 

[Reiku]

Tempura'd bananas are my favorite.
I love making it, but I rarely do because the kitchen looks like WWIII afterwards. An interesting quote from the last time I made tempura:
"It's not tempura if you don't have third degree burns!"
It took weeks for my beard to grow back where the hot oil splashed it...

 

[leonmarino]

Beer, banana.. What wonderful recipes!!

 

[leonmarino]

I prefer eating tempura. Could you please not get off-topic.

 

[bezz]

かき揚

Kakiage is mixed tempura of shredded vegetables such as carrot, burdock and so forth. Dried sakura-ebi shrimps or scallop flakes go very fine too.

The very first tempura bowl was actually served in kakiagedon form at Hashizen in Shimbashi; unfortunately the restaurant closed down a few years ago (1831-2002.)

 

[bezz]

キスの天ぷら

The most popular fish for tempura is, whiting (sillago) fish.

 

[bezz]

とり天

Chicken tempura is not very popular in Japan, partly because wide variety of seafood available there ready to get fried. It remains local specialty of Oita.

 

[Supervin]

Hmm, I never really found traditional tempura that tasty, though I love all other popular Japanese dishes. I'll give chicken tempura a try.

 

[Hiroyuki Nagashima]

Tempura of vegetables is delicious.
At a buckwheat noodle shop of Nagano,
I attach vegetables tempura to Mattucha- salt (powdered green tea salt) and eat.
It is the most delicious.

buckwheat noodle shop
"MIYUKI" "KITAZAWA"
It is the well-known store where a buckwheat noodle shop hid in.
place:Toyotamura, Shimominochi-gun, Nagano Wakui
信州蕎麦の隠れた名店

 

[Supervin]

Interesting. Hopefully I can find other varieties of tempura that I can try.

 

[o0littlehands0o]

hm...trying to figure out what tampura is......ooo, recipeee~~ thx~

 

[bezz]

The most popular fish for tempura is, whiting (sillago) fish.

Conger eel, dragonet, goby and smelt are also the best for tempura.


smelt fritter

 

[miki78]

Is it true they do tempura with vegetables?

 

[epigene]

Is it true they do tempura with vegetables?

Oh, yes! A typical plate of tempura served at a restaurant is 80% vegetables (such as eggplant, sweet pepper, mushroom, etc.) and a couple of shrimp or fish pieces.

There is also vegetable-only tempura called "shojin-age."

 

[miki78]

Great ^^ thankyou i'm gonna look that up ^^ it sounds really taisty and as i can't cook i'm convincing my mom also lol

I gotta try it you know there is also a paint by that name but it is spelt a bit diffrent lol

 

[bezz]

The very first tempura bowl was actually served in kakiagedon form at Hashizen in Shimbashi; unfortunately the restaurant closed down a few years ago (1831-2002.)

Kakiage bowl with just salt instead of soy-based sauce is called "tembara."

 

[bezz]

精進揚げ

A typical plate of tempura served at a restaurant is 80% vegetables (such as eggplant, sweet pepper, mushroom, etc.) and a couple of shrimp or fish pieces.

There is also vegetable-only tempura called "shojin-age."

Other popular ingredients are: sweet potato, pumpkin, lotus root, bell pepper, okra, shiitake/maitake/shimeji mushrooms, perilla leaf, spikenard leaf, aralia tree bud, butterbur sprout

Oddballs: stringbeans, zucchini, fig

 

[bezz]

Isobe-age is tempura with green nori seaweed powder mixed in the batter.
Purple perilla leaf powder instead of nori, is used in yukari-age.

 

[LarsTheo]

I also make tempura with a beer batter. Using part rice flour helps in making it crispier. My favorite vegetables for tempura are turnips and parsnips, and I don't normally like turnips. I slice them thin, and they stay crunchy and have a nice bite to them. I should try okra, since it is my favorite vegetable. I've only fried okra with a cornmeal batter, and I sliced the okra, either lengthwise or into rounds. Do you tempura okra whole or cut? I like bell pepper tempura also.

 

[LarsTheo]

I'm trying to find a new dipping sauce for tempura. The last one I used was mostly Ponzu.

 

[ddrrll89]

I'm trying to find a new dipping sauce for tempura. The last one I used was mostly Ponzu.

The sauce you use for your cha soba (cold) is the same as the tempura dipping sauce I believe. Just serve it hot, with grated radish and ginger. The base of the sauce is dashi stock. I'll post again when I find a recipe.

 

[Hirozono]

I think avocado tempura is really great

 

[Dogen Z]

Rakutei, Akasaka

More and more articles about Japanese cooking have recently appeared in major newspapers like the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and The Financial Times. This may be due to the Michelin Guide's designation of so many 3 star restaurants in Tokyo.

The Washington Post is also in on this trend and had this interesting restaurant review/tempura article at its online publication.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/23/AR2009102301967.html

 

[Dogen Z]

Satsuma-imo tempura

One vegetable tempura that I'm surprised I like, since I'm not that keen on yaki imo, is sweet potato tempura. Somehow the soft sweet inner part and crispy outer coating make a great combination.