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Tempura recipes

A Japanese dish of seafood or vegetables in a crisp batter. Cold sparkling water and low-gluten flour are often used to create the famously light batter - regular flour can also be used but take care to mix the batter very lightly to prevent the gluten developing and making it dense when cooked.

Prawn tempura
by Angela Griffin

The classic ultra-light batter is perfect with prawns for a light snack with drinks or as part of a Japanese feast.

Starters & nibbles

More tempura recipes

Asparagus with tempura flowers and burnt butter hollandaise

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Crispy coated mushrooms with green dip and slaw

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Tempura battered courgettes with goats’ cheese dip and lavender honey

by Marcus Wareing
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Fritto misto di verdure

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Starters & nibbles

Tempura squid and prawns with coriander salsa

by James Martin
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Tempura scallops and asparagus with ponzu dressing

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Starters & nibbles

Prawn tempura

by Angela Griffin
Starters & nibbles

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Vegetable curry

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Vegetable soup

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