Health food
Tempura with Poppy Seed Dressing
Serves
4
Information
Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
For the dressing: 50 g poppy seeds (40 g ground, 10 g left intact) • 1 teaspoon “mirin” sweet rice wine, or sherry if unavailable • 1 tablespoon soy sauce • Pinch of salt • Pinch of sugar • 1 teaspoon wholegrain mustard For the tempura: 400 g mixed vegetables, such as shitake mushrooms, carrots, leeks, asparagus, cauliflower, etc • 160 ml cold water • 100 g tempura powder • Oil to fry
Method
Mix all the dressing ingredients and place to one side • Take the raw tempura vegetables and cut into small pieces • Stir the tempura flour into the water, and mix well • Dip the vegetable pieces into the tempura mix and then fry in oil at 180°C for five minutes • Remove from the oil and serve on a plate • Sprinkle with poppy seeds and serve the dressing separately so as you can dip the tempura vegetables
