Kakiage

Name: Kakiage (Japanese Fritters)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Makes: 6
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 120 g (4¼ oz) plus 2 tablespoons self-raising flour; 400 ml (14 fl oz) ice-cold sparkling water; a pinch of sea salt and ground black pepper; ½ onion, thinly sliced; 10 g (¼ oz) flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped; 100 g (3½ oz) tin corn kernels, drained; 3 cups (750 ml) sunflower oil, for deep-frying; 100 g (3½ oz) carrot, cut into thin matchsticks; 100 g (3½ oz) small prawns (shrimp), peeled

Japanese Fritters

Preparation info

Makes:
6

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Japanese Food Made Easy

By Aya Nishimura

Published 2020

About

These Japanese fritters are similar to an Indian bhaji. One great thing about kakiage is that there are no strict rules about the ingredients or possible combinations. Try using other vegetables (root vegetables always work well) and other types of seafood.