vegetable tempura

Learn how to make vegetable tempura at home using simple and easy to get ingredients. It's so crispy and delicious, especially with this amazing sauce.

Vegetable tempura

flour (120 g), I used whole wheat flour

cornstarch

tbsp baking powder

tsp salt

sparkling water (250 ml)

oil (500 ml), see notes

carrot,

red bell pepper, julienned

zucchini,

vegetable stock

soy sauce

mirin (65 ml

maple syrup

Add the flour, cornstarch, baking powder, and salt to a large bowl and stir until well combined.

Add the sparkling water gently, while you&#8217;re whisking until well combined, but don&#8217;t over-mix. You can use a whisk, a fork or your chopsticks. Set aside.

Dip veggies into the batter, one at a time, to lightly coat, shaking off any excess batter.

Pour the oil into a saucepan, wok, pot or a deep skillet and when it&#8217;s hot, add the veggies. Cook for 1-2 minutes. Flip and cook 1-2 minutes on opposite sides. You could also use a fryer, but I prefer this method.

To make your tempura extra crispy and extra beautiful, dip your chopsticks into the batter and just pat on the veggies. Repeat a few times on each piece of tempura. This step is optional.

Don&#8217;t add too many veggies at the same time or the temperature of the oil will drop and your tempura will go soggy. I usually add 4, but the number may vary depending on the size of your veggies. If you want to save time and you don&#8217;t mind about getting a better result, just add as many veggies as you want.

Transfer the veggies to a cooling rack, that way they won&#8217;t go soggy and also they will be less greasy. You can also use a paper towel, but the rack works amazing and is also zero waste.

To make the sauce, just mix all the ingredients in a saucepan, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes.

Serve the vegetable tempura and the sauce immediately. You can keep the sauce in an airtight container or a jar in the fridge for at least 1 week. The tempura is best when fresh, but you can keep the leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 3-4 days. The sauce is optional, but your tempura pieces will taste much better if you dip them into the sauce.

It looks really great. I want to do this. Thanks.

This recipe is good, I tried it. I made it because I didn't have panko on hand, but I don't think the recipe should technically be named "tempura", as tempura is made with panko, and results in an airier and crispy texture that resists absorbing oil when fried. Whole wheat flour absorbs a LOT more oil. I wouldn't all this recipe healthier. Saying it might be a good selling point but it's simply not true. I'm not personally worried about the fact it's less healthy, I mean, it's a fried food, but calling it 'super healthy' is very strange indeed. 
I'm giving it 4 stars because it's still a good recipe, but knocked one of for accuracy in the text as far as 'health' goes, and for calling it tempura, which it definitely isn't.

Good sauce but the batter didn't work for me.  So I'll use my other batter recipe and your sauce in future.  Thanks.

Great recipe thanks It is clearly written, and see that you understand and love it. Thank you very much

This was delicious! I love that you used whole wheat flour. I do think it's healthy and I am saving it in my favorite recipe file. Thank you!!! Keep these great recipes coming. :-)

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