Ref: 200
Heading: Starters & Soups
Cuisine: Japanese
Food Type: Vegan
No of Portions: 4
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Ingredients & Prep
250 ml
Soda water, cold
400 g
Purple sprouting broccoli spears
100 g
Plain flour
50 g
Cornflour
deep fat fry
Vegetable oil
Dipping Sauce
4 tbsp
Soy sauce
1 tbsp
Mirin
1 tbsp
Lime juice
1 Caster sugar
2 tsp
Rice wine vinegar
1 Red chilli mild or hot finely chopped
Garnish
sprinkle
Sea salt
sprinkle
Sesame seeds toasted optional
Method
Step 1
Place all of the dipping sauce ingredients into a bowl & whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
Step 2
Put the flours & salt into a large bowl & gradually whisk in the soda water ,don’t over whisk as this will make the batter chewy.
Step 3
Fill a pan no more than 1/3 full with oil & heat to 180'C or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds.
Step 4
Dip 4 or 5 broccoli spears into the batter, coat fully & gently lower into the oil. Fry for 4-5 minutes or until really crisp, then drain on kitchen paper & season with sea salt . Keep warm in a low oven while you fry the rest. Serve with the dipping sauce, sprinkle over sesame seeds.
Suggestion & Tips
Change veg type, maybe bell pepper, cauliflower or mix etc.