Recipes
Tempura
Tempura is commonly known today as a Japanese meal. But the history of gastronomy mentions that tempura was actually brought in the 17th century to the Land of the Rising Sun by Portuguese missionaries.
| Preparation time | 1 h |
|---|---|
| Demanding |  |
| Energetic value | 798 kcal / 3336 kJ |
| Table of nutritive values | |
Ingredients
 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 400 g | shrimp |
| 400 g | various vegetables (peppers, onion, beech-stick, zucchini, fennel and similar) |
| 250 g | wheat flour rough milled |
| 250 g | wheat flour soft milled |
| 1 | baking powder |
| 2 | egg-whites |
| 700 ml | very cold water |
| soy sauce | |
| oil for frying | |
| 1 tablespoon | Vegeta |
Preparation
- Leave the shrimps for a short while in the freezer, and then remove their tails and clean their shells.
- Wash the vegetables and the mushrooms, dry and cut them into sticks (peel the skin off the pepper).
- Put the flour into a deep pot, mix with baking powder, add egg-whites and very cold water, and use the whisk to mix it all together to get liquid pastry. Put the pastry in the refrigerator for a short while.
- In a deep pan heat up the oil at about 180°C. Sprinkle vegetables with Vegeta and mix.
- Take the vegetables with your hands, put it into pastry and then into hot oil. Frying should last for a very short while. Do the same with the shrimps.
- Remove the fried vegetables and the shrimps with a punctured spoon and put on kitchen towel to absorb the fat.
Serving
Serve immediately on warm plates, sprinkled with soy sauce.
Advice
Choose the vegetables for the tempura according to season.
Little secret
If the mixture for dipping gets warm during preparation, chill the dish with ice.
Nutritional values
Energetic and nutritional values have been calculated per meal.
| Nutrient | Unit of measurement | Quantity | RDA (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women* | men* | |||
| Total proteins | g | 37,63 | - | - |
| Total carbohydrates | g | 102,32 | - | - |
| Total fat | g | 25,50 | - | - |
| Diet fibres | g | 5,49 | - | - |
| Cholesterol | mg | 195,00 | - | - |
| Vitamin A | IU | 7877,00 | 197 | 158 |
| Vitamin C | mg | 34,57 | 46 | 38 |
| Vitamin D | IU | 143,20 | 72 | 72 |
| Vitamin E | IU | 19,02 | 86 | 86 |
| Calcium | mg | 83,21 | 8 | 8 |
| Phosphor | mg | 314,42 | 39 | 39 |
| Potassium | mg | 586,91 | 16 | 16 |
| Sodium | g | 1,45 | 0 | 0 |
* RDA is based on daily intake for women of 2000 kcal, for men 2900 kcal, from 25 to 50 years of age. (Data source: DRI reports - Macronutrients, Elements, Vitamins, www.nap.edu; Genesis R&D and Podravka d.d.)
