Vegetarian Tempura

Category
Rice and risotto

Time
1 and 1/2 hour

Difficulty
Medium

Cost
Cheap

From
Japan

Ingredients

Serves four:
1 potato
1 courgette
1 carrot
150g pumpkin
150g mushrooms
1 bell pepper, green
400g rice

Batter:
1 egg
125ml milk
125ml water
200g white flour

Sauce:
100ml soya sauce
4 tbsp. sake
1 tsp. sugar

Prepare the batter.
Cut the pepper into thin slices, place them into the batter and fry them for 10 minutes in seed oil, until tender. Set aside.
Repeat for other vegetables: cut the potato into 1 cm cubes, carrot and courgette into 1/2 cm slices, pumpkin into sticks, mushrooms in stipes. Fry them separately, then set aside.
Prepare the sauce, mixing soya sauce, sake and sugar in a small bowl.
Cook the rice and drain it well.
Put rice in individual bowls, covered with vegetables, and serve with the sauce.