Vegetable Tempura 野菜の天ぷら

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Dawn Purvis

subheading: For the Dipping Sauce (Tentsuyu):

¾ cup dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi, dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi)

3 Tbsp soy sauce

2 Tbsp mirin

2 tsp sugar

subheading: For the Tempura:

1 Japanese sweet potato (Satsumaimo) (unpeeled)

⅛ kabocha squash (unpeeled and seeded)

2 inch lotus root (renkon) (peeled and precooked; I used boiled lotus root (renkon no mizuni) from a Japanese grocery store)

2 king oyster mushrooms (eringi)

1 Japanese or Chinese eggplant

4 shiso leaves (perilla/ooba)

subheading: For Deep-Frying:

neutral oil (enough for 1½ inches or 3 cm of oil in the pot; or use a 10-to-1 ratio of neutral oil to sesame oil)

flour (for dusting the shiso leaves)

subheading: For the Batter:

1 cup all-purpose flour (plain flour) (chilled; weigh your flour or use the “ fluff and sprinkle“ method and level it off)

200 ml iced water ( ¾ cup + 4 tsp)

1 large egg (50 g each w/o shell) (chilled)

subheading: For Serving:

2 inches daikon radish (grated)

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