Mixed Vegetable Tempura

Name: Mixed Vegetable Tempura
Ingredients: 7/8 cup water; 1 egg; 3/4 cup plain flour; 6 7/8 tablespoons cornflour; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 5 cups broccoli assorted vegetables, and groundnut oil for deep frying; lemon wedges to serve

7 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

7/8 cup water
1 egg
3/4 cup plain flour
6 7/8 tablespoons cornflour
1/2 teaspoon salt
5 cups broccoli assorted vegetables, and groundnut oil for deep frying
lemon wedges to serve

Directions

1

Chill the water and the egg.
2

Whisk together all the batter ingredients just before dipping the food.
3

The batter should only just be amalgamated so that a few small lumps of flour are still apparent.
4

Get a pan of oil hot.
5

If you are organised enough to have a kitchen thermometer the oil should register about 190 degrees C/375 degrees F.
6

Dip the vegetables into the batter then into the hot oil.
7

Cook them until golden turning from Ume to time with a fork.
8

They will probably bob back up again but keep trying.
9

Cook them for a couple of minutes on each side.
10

Drain on kitchen paper and eat straight away with the lemon wedges.