Prawns Tempura Recipe

      Ingredients

  • King prawns - 10 pieces
  • Radish (grated finely) - 6 tablespoons
  • Ginger (grated finely) - 1 tablespoon
  • Cooking oil for deep-frying
  • Flour - for coating

      Batter

  • Ice cold water - 180 ml
  • Egg (large, beaten) - 1 piece
  • Flour - 80 grams

      Dipping sauce

  • Water - 250 ml
  • Dashi/Granules - 1 teaspoon
  • Shoyo - 80 ml
  • Mirin - 80 ml

      Method

  • Clean prawns, deveined, shelled but keep tails intact. Make small deep cut across the belly part to prevent prawns from curling up, pat dry.
  • Mix all dipping sauce ingredients into a pan then bring to boil. Turn off fie and set aside.
  • To make batter, add ice cold water into a big bowl, mix in the lightly beaten egg, add flour and stir roughly. Do not beat hard, add 2,3 ice cube if if batter still lumpy.
  • Heat up enough oil in pan for deep-frying with medium heat. Hold the tail of the prawn, dust with thin coat of flour then dip into the batter. Avoid coating the tail with batter.
  • Slide the prawn into the hot oil slowly, don't try to fry too many prawns at one time, fry 3 or 4 at a time.
  • Remove from pan when batter turn golden brown, drain well on wire rack.
  • Serve hot while crispy with grated ginger and radish in dipping sauce.

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