Refined dishes of Japanese cuisine, tempura does not come from Japan ... but from Portugal.
Until the middle of the 16th century, the cooking in oil is practically unknown in Japan, it will be brought by Portuguese colonists from 1543 Portuguese.
Religious, at the beginning of each season, they observed a fast of several days called jejunia quatuor tempora during which they used to eat small fried fish fritters.
The Japanese will adopt them and baptize them tempora then tempura.
The recipe for the tempura dough:
Ingredients :
- 1 egg
- 100 gr of flour
- 15 cl of water
- salt
- ice cubes
- Vegetables sticks, shrimps, pieces of fish ...
The steps of the recipe:
1.
Beat the egg and add the ice water then the flour and ice cubes.
2.
Heat vegetable oil to 180 °.
3.
Dip the vegetables in the dough and immerse them in the oil for 1 to 2 minutes.
4.
Drain, season and enjoy.