Tempura

Tempura

 Tempura is fresh seafoods and vegetables that are dipped in batter and deeply fried. You can enjoy the ingredients in season. Please taste with salt or special sauce.  The tip for making delicious tempra is to keep water cold before fry ingredients.

Ingredients

  batter    2 yolk eggs                                                

               2cups wheat flour(240g)

               2cups cold water(400cc)           

                                                                         

   10 shirimp

   5 asparagus

   10 slices of pumpkin

   5 half of egg plants

   5 piece of paprika

   ingredients as you like

vegetable oil

2 tablespoon of sesami oil (for flavor) *If you have

special sauce

     1cup dashi(Japanese soup stock) 200cc

     50cc mirin     
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     50cc soy sauce

              
    Mix materials and boil.

How to make Tempra

 1.Wash ingredients.

 2. Prepare for the tempura batter.  *Tips :Keep batter cold!!

 3. Heat vegetable oil 340-360F(about 170-180C) in a deep pan.

4.Dip ingredients in batter and fry in heated oil until is becomes crispy.

5. Drain tempura on the cooking paper and cut oil.

6.Serve tempura with salt or special sauce.

How to make rice.

Boiled rice

 

Boiled  rice is Japanese staple food, and most basic thing of Japanese style-dishes. A traditional Japanese meal are consisit of rice, fish, vegetables and miso soup. Sushi is also made by rice. Even though you don't have rice cooker, don't be afraid!  You can easily make boiled rice with your thick pan. Please try it.

Ingredients

  rice    3cups

 water 3cups

Preparation
 Please prepare for the donabe (the left ) or thick pan(the right).

  ※donabe is made with soil , it is well superior in heat retention.
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How to make rice                        

 1. Rinse rice with water and throw away water.

   Repeat it  (a few  times) until the color becomes light.
2. Stock the rice(1) to a colander and keep it refrigerator.

    *you can omit this step if you don' have enough time.

3. Soak rice for over 30 minutes.

                         

 4. Close the cover on the donabe or thick pan.

Boil it over a medium heat approximately 5 to 10 minutes.When you hear hubble- bubble sound or steam break out please turn the gas down.

5. Simmer it for about 10 minutes. Never open the cover.

6. Boil at high heat and count 10seconds. You can feel savory smell of rice being

 7.Stop fire and steam it for 15 minutes. Never open the cover.

. 8.The scorched part is the best.

  



:*You can also easily make boiled rice with rice cooker just pressing  the start button.

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