Tempura Batter Recipe - Japanese Recipe

INGREDIENTS:
1 egg
1 cup ice water
1 cup all purpose flour

PREPARATION:
Beat an egg in a bowl. Add ice water in the bowl. Be sure to use very cold water. Add sifted flour in the bowl and mix lightly. Be careful not to overmix the batter. Makes 4 servings

Cooking Tips for Tempura

Tip 1: Ice Use ice water for the batter.

This is really important to prevent the batter from absorbing too much oil.

Tip 2: Batter

Do not make the batter ahead of time. Try not to over mix the batter and not to coat ingredients with the batter too much.

Tip 3: Frying Order

If you are frying both seafood and vegetables, fry vegetables first. Then, fry seafood. Fry vegetables at 340F degree and fry seafood at 350F degree.

Tip 4: Oil Temperature

To check the temperature of frying oil, drop a little batter into the oil. If the batter comes up right away instead of sinking to the bottom of the pan, it's about 360 F degree. If the batter goes halfway to the bottom and comes up, it's about 340F degree.

This is said to be the right temperature to fry tempura.