Tempura - How to make it at home

Step 1

Sieve the flour.

Step 2

Add the egg and ice water to the flour.

Step 3

Combine the ingredients gently. It is Ok if a little lumpy.

Step 4

Cut the vegetables and shrimps as required.

Step 5

Coat the ingredients with some flour, dust off the excess.

Step 6

Dredge the ingredients into the batter.

Step 7

Heat the oil to 340°F/170°C.

Step 8

Deep fry until light golden within 2 to 3 minutes.

Step 9

If you want a more crunchy and thicker coating, drizzle some batter onto the ingredient. When the crispy crumbs floating around the ingredients, use the chopstick to push the tiny crumbs towards the ingredient to let them adhere to the surface.

Step 10

When it is done, the bubbles surround the ingredients will be less and less noisy.  Also, it will float up a little more to the surface.

Step 11

Remove it from the oil. Transfer it to a cooling rack to drain away from the excess oil.

Step 12

Serve with the accompanied sipping sauce.