Tempura with Western Vegetables

Japanese vegetable tempura can employ any fresh vegetables, including sweet potato, carrot, burdock, lotus root, onion, green beans, shiitake mushrooms, okra, kabocha pumpkin, chrysanthemum leaves, eggplant, bamboo shoots, and shiso. Today asparagus, button mushrooms, and several other newcomers have joined this traditional group. Use any locally available, seasonal vegetables to enjoy this now very popular preparation.

The oil for tempura is a blend of vegetable oil and sesa