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Ingredients

  • 50 ml Hon-mirin
  • 50 ml Soy sauce
  • 200 ml Dashi stock
  • 50 ml Hon-mirin
  • 50 ml Soy sauce
  • 100 ml Dashi stock
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 100 grams Cake flour
  • 150 ml Cold water
  • 1 Egg

Method

  • To make tentsuyu or tempura dipping sauce: Put 1 part mirin, 1 part soy sauce and 4 parts dashi stock in that order into a pan and bring to a boil one ingredient at a time.
  • Use grated ginger or grated daikon radish with the sauce.
  • To make sauce for ten-don, tempura rice bowl: Put 1 part mirin, 1 part soy sauce, 2 parts dashi stock and 0.1 part (1/10) sugar in that order into a pan and bring to a boil one ingredient at a time.
  • To make tempura batter: Mix together 1 cup (200 ml) of cake flour, 3/4 cup (150 ml) water and 1/2 a medium egg.
  • The oil should be around 180C; if you drop a bit of batter in the oil it should sink to the bottom and then float to the top immediately.
  • For udon or soba noodle soup: Use 1 part mirin, 1 part soy sauce and 16 parts dashi stock.
  • For a dipping sauce for cold soba noodles: Use 1 part mirin, 1 part soy sauce and 8 parts dashi stock.
  • For garnish, use chopped Japanese leek, wasabi, or shichimi spice.
  • To make dashi: Put a 3 cm square piece of konbu seaweed and 3 g of bonito flakes in a teapot, add boiling water and steep for 1-2 minutes.
  • Pour out of the pot to use (refer to.