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tempura
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is a Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying, via Nanban trade.
Tempura is a Japanese dish made by coating seafood and vegetables in a thin batter and deep-frying them until crispy. The dish originated in the 16th century when Portuguese Jesuits introduced the Western technique of flour-coating and frying foods to Japan through trade.
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Key facts
- Food.name
- Tempura
- Food.image
- Tempura 01.jpg
- Food.alternate_name
- Tenpura
- Food.place_of_origin
- Nagasaki, by Portuguese missionaries
- Food.region
- Western EuropeEast Asia
- Food.associated_cuisine
- Japanese cuisine
- Food.serving_size
- 100 g
- Food.no_recipes
- true
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
17 sectionsContents
- Preparation
- Batter
- Frying
- Ingredients
- Seafood
- Vegetables
- Others
- Serving and presentation
- History
- Origins
- Etymology
- Variations
- Japan
- Outside Japan
- Taiwan
- See also
- References
is a Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying, via Nanban trade.
==Preparation==
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