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Stired dried small sardines and Vegetables tempura(5 servings)

Stired dried small sardines and Vegetables tempura(5 servings)

Ingredients
Dried small sardines
25g
Carrot
1
Onion
1
Burdock root
70g
Crown daisy
100g
Shiitake mushrooms
60g
Tempura flour
as needed
Water
as needed
Ingredients for sauce
Soy sauce
4 tbsp
Mirin
1 tbsp
Sake
1 tbsp
Sugar
2 tbsp
Garlic
1 cloves
Water
100ml
Potato starch and water
as needed
Stired dried small sardines and Vegetables tempura(5 servings)Ingredients

About Units

tbsp

[tbsp] means a tablespoon, which is roughly a 15 ml(roughly 1/2 fl oz) portion.

g

[g] denotes weight, 100g is roughly 3.5 oz.

ml

[ml] denotes volume, 1 fl oz is roughly 30 ml (29.57ml).

About Ingredients

Mirin

Mirin is a weakly sweet seasoning similar to sake, made from Japanese distilled spirits and rice malt. It used to adding sweetness, shine, and luster to food.

Sake

Sake is an alcoholic beverage made by fermenting and straining rice, rice malt, and water, and is often used in cooking. When sake is used for cooking, cheap sake with weak aroma and sweetness is better.

How to cook

  • 1.Make sauce

    Stir sugar,soy sauce,mirin,and sake in a saucepan.

  • 2.Make sauce

    Stir well and grate the garlic.

  • 3.Make sauce

    Bring to a boil over medium heat,then turn off the heat and add potato starch dissolved in water to make the sauce.

  • 4.Cut vegetable

    Cut carrots into thin strips.

  • 5.Cut vegetable

    Cut the onion into thin rounds.

  • 6.Peel skin

    Scrape off the skin of the burdock with the back of a knife.

  • 7.Cut vegetable

    Cut burdock root in 4 cm lengths into small pieces.

  • 8.Remove the lye

    Soak the cut burdocks in water for a while to remove the lye.

  • 9.Cut vegetable

    Slice shiitake mushrooms into small pieces.

  • 10.Cut vegetable

    Cut the rinsed crown daisy into 4-5 cm chunks.

  • 11.Drain off

    Remove the burdock root from the water and wipe off the water with a dry cloth or kitchen paper.

  • 12.Drain off

    Wipe off the water on the surface of the crown daisy.

  • 13.Sprinkle

    Put the amount of dried small sardines and vegetables for one serving into a bowl and sprinkle tempura flour over all.

  • 14.Stir

    In other bowl,mix tempura flour with ice water to make batter.
    *Stir to a consistency of sticky.

  • 15.Stir

    Put mixed dried small sardines and vegetables dusted with tempura flour in batter of a bowl and mix.

  • 16.Deep fry

    With a ladle,scoop out the batter,dried small sardines and vegetables mixture.

  • 17.Deep fry

    When the oil reaches 160 degrees Celsius,drop gently the mixture from the ladle into the oil.

  • 18.Deep fry

    Deep fry them,turning it inside out,and when crispy, lift it out of the oil. Serve with sauce.