Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese dish of vegetables and shrimp or other seafood dipped in batter and fried in deep fat.
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- noun A dish made by
deep-frying vegetables,seafood , or other foods in a lightbatter .
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- noun vegetables and seafood dipped in batter and deep-fried
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The take-out menu does say $10 for ANY three rolls, and shrimp tempura is listed there.
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Is there a better way to deal with a roll of sushi made from cheap fish than breading the whole damnthing in tempura batter and deep frying it!?!
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i love a little piece of heaven called the “shogun roll” (i could be wrong on the spelling?). it has tempura shrimp, unagi, avocado, and imitation crab. it is then rolled in tempura crunchies and then drizzled with a walnut sauce and it is ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS!
24 Hours 2009
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“Fry them in tempura batter, stuff them and fry them, cook them like stuffed grape leaves, cut them up and put in frittatas or omelets …,” I drifted off as the questioners’ eyes glazed over.
Archive 2008-07-01 Laurie Constantino 2008
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“Fry them in tempura batter, stuff them and fry them, cook them like stuffed grape leaves, cut them up and put in frittatas or omelets …,” I drifted off as the questioners’ eyes glazed over.
Recipes for Crispy Zucchini Flowers with Cheesy Potato-Basil Stuffing & Radish Horta (Κολοκυθοανθοί Γεμιστοί με Τύρι, Πατάτες, και Βασιλικός & Χόρτα) Laurie Constantino 2008
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Tack on a couple pieces of Pumpkin tempura, and a Pumpkin pastry and you’ve got a Thanksgiving post!
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The tempura is a perfect balance of smooth crispy coating and tasty jumbo ebi shrimp.
Exploring Sushi on the Seine Nidra Poller 2011
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The tempura is a scraggly coating on tasteless vegetables and skimpy shrimp.
Exploring Sushi on the Seine Nidra Poller 2011
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Skip the boring prawn tempura, which is not worth $22.
No Soba for You! 2008
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Ms. Cant notes another -- that those early Portuguese in Japan, frying up their vegetables and fish, referred to the food eaten during Lent by the archaic Portuguese word tempura or tempuras.
The Dish: Tempura Caroline Cooper 2007
slumry commented on the word tempura
Japanese deepfried fish and vegetables
July 24, 2007
bilby commented on the word tempura
Deep-fried goodness.
September 29, 2008