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About tempura powder
Tempura batter Mixes
◊ In 1959, Showa Sangyo launched "Tempura batter Mixes" for the first time in the world.
◊ Tempura batter mixes are used today by many families throughout Japan.
◊ You can make crisp and delicious tempura just by melting in water and frying.
◊ In addition to tempura, you can use it for a wide variety of dishes: okonomiyaki, frying flour for noodles or rice cakes, handmade sweets,etc
"How to make deep fried tempura"
1. Ingredients
| Tempura batter mix | 100 g (1 cup) |
| Water | 160 ml (a little more than 3/4 cup) |
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Ingredients you like(amounts as you see fit) (6shrimps,1eggplant,1/2sweet potato,suitable amount of mushrooms,etc.)
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※ There is no need to add eggs.
2. Preparation of Ingredients
Shrimps
① Peel the shell, and use a toothpick etc. to remove the back vein.
② Cut the end of the shrimp's tip and tail diagonally, and scoop out its moisture.
③ Cut 3 or 4 incisions in the belly side, and push it onto a chopping board until it makes a crack sound.
Vegetables
| Eggplant | Remove its skin, cut it vertically into 4 equal pieces, dip it in water, then wipe off moisture with kitchen paper etc. |
| Sweet potato | With its skin still on,wash it, cut it to a thickness of 5 to 7 mm, dip it in water, then wipe off moisture. |
| Red peppers | Use a toothpick to poke a few holes,to prevent bursting. |
| Hen of the woods mushrooms(Maitake) | Use your hands to break them into appropriate size pieces. |
| Shiitake mushrooms | Remove the stems, and cut decorative designs into their heads. |
| Beefsteak plant(Shiso) | Wash,then use kitchen paper etc.to remove all moisture. |
3. How to Make Batter
Pour water into a ball, then add tempura batter mix.
Use a whisk to mix lightly until little flour remains. (Whisk about 30 to 40 times) 
4. Oil Temperature
Oil temperature should be 160 to ~ 180℃ (320 to 356°F).
5. Fry
Coat with plenty of batter, and put them gently into the oil.
※The amount to be fried each time is up to half of the oil's surface. If you fry too many,the oil temperature lowers.
6. When to Remove from Oil
They are done when batter mixes around the shrimps solidifies, and the many big bubbles coming out become smaller.
When removing shrimp, remove as much of the oil from the shrimp as possible.
"How to make Kakiage"
Kakiage mixes your favorite vegetables, and deep fries them.
Good for vegetables, seafood such as shrimp without shell, scallops,or squid.
1. Ingredients (Enough for 6 Times)
| Tempura batter mix | 100 g (1 cup) |
| Water | 120 ml (a little more than 1/2 cup) |
| Ingredients you like (onions, carrots, sweet potatoes, chrysanthemums greens, pumpkins, etc.) | Approximately 300g total |
※ There is no need to add eggs.
2. How to make Batter mixes for Kakiage
① Chop your ingredients into pieces. If you cut them into too small pieces,they can stick together when flying.
②Put water in a ball, and then add tempura batter mix. Use a whisk to mix lightly until little flour remains.
* It becomes creamy,a little thicker than ordinary tempura batter mixes.
③ Add tempura batter mixes to the ingredients.
④ Mix together.
3. Oil temperature
Put about 3 cm of oil in a pan, and heat to 160 to ~ 170 ℃(320 to 338d°F).
4. Fly
Put large spoonfuls or balls in the oil, and fry for 2 to 3 minutes.
5. When to remove from oil
It is done when tempura batter mixes around the ingredients solidifies,and the many big bubbles coming out become smaller.
When removing it, remove as much oil as possible.
"How to Make Okonomiyaki with tempura batter mix"
1. Ingredients (2 sheets)
| Tempura batter mix | 100 g (1 cup) |
| Water | 120 ml (a little more than 1/2 cup) |
| Egg (M size) | 1 (50 g) |
| Salt | A little |
| Cabbage | 200 g |
| Favorite ingredients (Seafood, pork, red ginger,bits of fried batter left after cooking tempura, etc.) |
About 100 g |
2. How to Make
① Chop the cabbage into large pieces.
② Put the tempura batter mix, salt and water in the bowl, and mix well with a whisk, to make the batter.
③ Put in your favorite ingredients such as cabbage and seafood, add eggs last,then mix well.
* When mixing eggs, if you mix well to include air, it swells up when it cooks.
3. Grill
① Thinly apply oil to an already hot flying pan or hot plate (200 ° C, 392°F), and pour 1/2 of the batter into a round shape. Cook for about 4 minutes.
② When the underside turns brown, flip it over and cook for about 4 minutes, then flip it to the front side again, and cook for about 1 minute. When it cooks all the way through,it is done.
※ If you cover with the pan lid,it swells up more.
* Apply sauce and mayonnaise as you like, and eat.
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