Thai Tempura Crunchy Veggies

Name: Thai Tempura Crunchy Veggies
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ½ fresh red chile; ¼ cup (60 ml) rice vinegar; 9 ounces (250 g) broccoli; 9 ounces (250 g) cauliflower; 1 carrot, peeled; 1 cup (100 g) white button mushrooms; 1 onion; ⅓ cup (75 ml) peanut oil, for frying; Chopped cilantro, to serve; 3 makrut lime leaves; 1 cup (125 g) all-purpose flour; 1 tablespoon cornstarch; 1 teaspoon baking powder

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Vegan Everything

By Nadine Horn and Jörg Mayer

Published 2019

About

Tempura is a classic Japanese dish. Instead of deep-frying the vegetables, we panfry them and give the tempura a touch of Southeast Asian flavors.

Ingredients

For the Dipping Sauce

½ fresh red chile
¼ cup (60 ml) rice vinegar

Asia
Japan
Snack
Vegan

Method

To make the dipping sauce, thinly slice the chile. Combine it with the vinegar in a small bowl. Set aside.
To prepare the vegetables, cut the broccoli and cauliflower into florets. Slice the carrot. Halve the mushrooms. Slice the onion into rings.
To make the batter, first thinly slice the lime leaves. Whisk together the flour, cornstarch, baking powd