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Tempura Donburi
Delicious home cooked Tempura Donburi recipe
Prep Time
20
minutes
mins
Cook Time
20
minutes
mins
Total Time
40
minutes
mins
Course:
Main Dish, Rice, Rice dish
Cuisine:
Japanese
Servings:
4
bowls
Calories:
637
kcal
Author:
Shihoko | Chopstick Chronicles
Ingredients
8
prawns
1/2
small
purple sweet potato
4
shishito peppers
4
green beans
4
shiitake mushrooms
4
shiso leaves
4
slices of renkon (lotus roots)
3
cups
of uncooked rice
or 6 cups of cooked rice
Tempura batter
50
g
plain flour
75
ml
cold icy water
1
tbsp
Japanese mayonnaise
sauce
3
tbsp
soy sauce
2
tbsp
mirin
2
tbsp
sugar
1
tbsp
shirodashi
2
tbsp
water
Metric
-
US Customary
Instructions
Preparing Prawn
wash the prawns and remove the heads of prawns
remove the legs and shells from the tail end
devein and score 2-3 place on belly side about 1cm apart.
break the belly muscle so that when they are cooked, the prawn does not curl up
Preparing veggies
wash the purple sweet potato and slice them about 5mm thick.
Wash the shiitake mushrooms and cut off the stems and slice them thinly if necessary.
Wash the shiso leaves and shishito peppers.
Wash the green beans and cut them in half if they are too long.
Cut the Chikuwa fish cakes in half.
Making tempura batter and deep frying
Place water and mayonnaise in a mixing bowl
Add flour and mix them all together but try not to stir too much. Creating gluten by overmixing causes oily, sticky, and soggy tempura.
Heat enough oil to deep fry in a frying pan (or tempura pot if you have), to 180 degree celsius(356F)
Dip each ingredient into the batter to coat individually then put them into the heated oil.
When they are cooked, you can feel little vibrations to your hand when you pick up one with chopsticks.
Take out the cooked ingredients onto a wired mesh rack with kitchen paper to remove and absorb excess oil.
Making the sauce
place all sauce ingredients into a small sauce pan.
bring them to boil and them simmer for a few minutes
When the sauce is reduced and thickened, turn the heat off and set aside.
Assemble all together
Serve rice in a large rice bowl
place tempura on top of the rice
Pour the sauce over the tempura and rice
Notes
*cooking rice time is not included
*Nutrition facts is indication only as it is difficult to calculate accurate amount of deep frying oil.
Nutrition
Calories:
637
kcal
|
Carbohydrates:
132
g
|
Protein:
15
g
|
Fat:
3
g
|
Cholesterol:
31
mg
|
Sodium:
943
mg
|
Potassium:
265
mg
|
Fiber:
2
g
|
Sugar:
9
g
|
Vitamin A:
55
IU
|
Vitamin C:
1.2
mg
|
Calcium:
59
mg
|
Iron:
2.4
mg