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Shrimp Tempura 海老の天ぷら
PREP TIME: 30 minutes
COOK TIME: 15 minutes
TOTAL TIME: 45 minutes
Ingredients
  • 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:
  • 10 prawns (black tiger prawns for home cooking, typically)
  • 3 cups neutral oil (or use a 10-to-1 ratio of neutral oil to sesame oil)
  • potato starch or cornstarch (for dusting)
  • 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)
  • 1 large egg (50 g each w/o shell) (chilled)
  • 200 ml iced water ( ¾ cup + 4 tsp)
  • subheading: For Serving:
  • 2 inches daikon radish (grated and lightly squeezed of liquid)
  • Japanese Ingredient Substitution: If you want substitutes for Japanese condiments and ingredients, click here.
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