mixture of onions & carrots tempura

ingredients:

• 5 ounces onion
• 2 ounces carrots
• oil for deep-frying

coating:

• 1 egg
• 1/4 cup cold water
• 1 3/4 ounces flour

dipping sauce (optional):

• 1/5 cup bonito soup stock
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 1/2 teaspoons sugar

or salt (optional)

step 1:

Peel the onion and slice thinly.

step 2:

Peel and cut the carrots into julienne slices.

step 3:

To make coating, mix the egg and cold water in a bowl. Add the flour and toss.

step 4:

Add the sliced onion and carrots. Stir several times.

step 5:

Heat the oil to 340 °F. Put the onion and carrots mixture on a wooden spatula.

step 6:

With chopsticks slide the mixture into the oil.

step 7:

Deep-fry a couple of minutes. Turn over and deep-fry the same amount of time.

step 8:

You can use either dipping sauce or salt. To make the dipping sauce, mix bonito soup stock, soy sauce and sugar together in a pan and bring to a boil. Pour into two small bowls. Dip the shrimps into the dipping sauce. Or, if you prefer salt, pour a suitable amount onto a small plate and dip the shrimps into the salt.