Tempura - what is it and where did this term come from in the modern culinary world?
This is the Japanese name for a special batter in which various products are fried. Also in it you can cook your favorite rolls.
Tempura - what is it and is it possible to make this dish at home?
You need to cook this batter from an egg, ice water, breadcrumbs and special flour. Flour for making tempura batter - what is it? And how does it differ from the usual? It consists of equal parts of rice and wheat. And also corn starch and baking powder are added to it. It is better to buy this mixture in specialized stores. It is its properties and fast deep-frying that help to make the products completely non-greasy, melting in the mouth and very tender. So you can cook, in addition to hot rolls, a variety of seafood (squid, fish, shrimp), vegetables.
This method of frying has the main goal - to maintain the original taste of the ingredient, presenting it in the best possible way. The Japanese learned how to cook tempura from Portuguese missionaries, seeing how they cook
vegetables and fish
in batter . However, later this cooking method was adapted to local habits and taste preferences, becoming truly Japanese. Special is not only the composition of batter, but also the technique of its preparation. Eggs, tempura flour and ice water should be mixed, but not thoroughly, but retaining lumps and air bubbles. To make the mixture homogeneous, it must be done just before you cook the dishes in tempura batter (sushi and others). As the batter stands, it begins to settle and split into fractions. If you fry large portions, it is better to replace it with a new one. You also need to pay attention to how vegetables and rolls are prepared. Tempura at home can be cooked no less tasty than in a Japanese restaurant.
To do this, you need to take the freshest products, dry them well after washing, cut into small pieces. In boiling oil they need to be lowered in small batches.
Hot rolls
You will need special rice for sushi - about a glass. In order to prepare it correctly, you also need special rice vinegar, which is added to the grits after boiling. This makes it easy to form sushi with your hands. Also needed is a nori seaweed sheet , cucumber, salmon fillet (or any red fish), boiled shrimp, one chicken omelet, wasabi and pickled ginger. Spread a special bamboo mat (makis) on the table. Put on it a nori, and then the prepared rice. Moisten your hands with acidified water and even out. Turn the layer so that the nori is on top and the rice is on the bottom. Lay out a little wasabi, then the filling. Roll rice out. Press down slightly to shape the bar. Prepare the tempura batter (what it is and how to cook it, we described at the beginning of the article), dip a roll into it, and deep-fry. Cut with a sharp knife and serve warm. You can first cut into pieces, and then fry. But this requires a bit more skill.