Fish Tempura

My version of fish tempura. serve with tartar sauce or any dipping sauce of your choice.

Ingredients:

• Fish Fillet or Prawns, peeled and deveined
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• oil for frying
• Japanese bread crumbs (panko)

Batter:

• 1 cup sifted all purpose flour
• 1 whole egg
• 2/3 cup cold water
• 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4  tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper

Cooking Instructions:

1. Cut fish into strip.Sprinkle with  salt and pepper

2. Mix all the ingredients for the batter in a mixing bowl with wire whip.
3. Heat up generous amount of oil for frying.
4. Working one fish at a time,deep the fish fillet in the prepared batter,roll in Japanenese bread crumbs and deep fry until golden brown.

5. Drain on plates lined with paper towel .Serve with your favorite dipping sauce, tartar sauce, catsup or lemon -butter sauce.

Dipping sauce:
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sugar
1 tsp grated ginger
3 tbsp grated radish

For the sauce, combine the first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan. Allow to boil. Turn off the heat and quickly stir in the grated ginger and the radish.