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Cooking & Baking

spinbaby

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4. Tempura is different

Reply to hippywife (Reply #1)

Mon Apr 3, 2023, 05:18 PM

Apr 2023

Tempura is food fried in a light batter. This is literally just flour and water—no egg, sake, or anything like that—and panko bread crumbs. It’s breaded, not battered.

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New discoveries in fried food [View all] spinbaby Apr 2023 OP

The latter method is called tempura. hippywife Apr 2023 #1

Tempura is different spinbaby Apr 2023 #4

But it's not mandatory that you use... hippywife Apr 2023 #5

I agree about the Asian breading Warpy Apr 2023 #2

I've made my own batter for veggies for years Marthe48 Apr 2023 #3

I see cornstarch and water used in a lot of Chinese recipes. nt eppur_se_muova Apr 2023 #6