With all eyes currently fixed on the war in Ukraine, Paralympians competing in Beijing can show us the bright side of international cooperation.
Tempura, how to prepare it
Which are the secrets of a crispy and light tempura? Here they are.
In Japan, with the tempura batter is used mainly to prepare seasonal vegetables, shrimps and squids, on rare occasion meat. Tempura is a particularly light kind of frying technique, with which luscious and crunchy food is prepared. And it is easy to prepare, if you know the basic rules to make it.
The batter
According to the original recipe, the batter is made of two ingredients only: water and flour. It is preferable to use rice flour but you can even use 00 flour. The water should be sparkling and very cold. You have to add the flour to the water all at once and you don’t need to mix it well, on the contrary you should leave lumps in the mixture. Put the batter in the fridge, keep it and use it cold. (Pro Tip: For restaurants it’s advisable to use a good refrigeration equipment for a better productivity.)
Things to know about tempura
The lumps result in the unique fluffy and crisp tempura structure when cooked. That’s why Japanese people mix the batter for a few seconds using chopsticks.
Not only should the sparkling water be cold to make a perfect tempura, but even the ingredients you want to fry: cut them as you prefer and keep them into the fridge until you use them. Employ cold pressed sunflower seed oil to fry the ingredients.
To produce a light and crispy batter the temperature of the batter must be very different from that of the oil (thermal shock). Basically, you should deep-fry the battered food in oil at about 175 degrees. In this way, the food is wrapped up and it doesn’t absorb oil. By scooping out a few bits of batter on each ingredient while it is frying, you can obtain its typical aspect.
The oil temperature should be stable and you should put in your pan an adequate quantity of ingredients at once: if you put too many foods, the temperature is likely to lower too much.
Deep-fry vegetables for a few seconds and shellfish or squid for a few minutes, until the batter is golden. Eat it hot.
The most suitable vegetablese
Carrots, courgettes, peppers cut into sticks
Sliced champignon mushrooms
Broccoli tops
Half-cut artichokes
Aubergines cut into rounds
Small tomatoes (like cherry tomatoes)
Sliced red onion
Asparagus
Pumpkin and courgette flowers
Green beans
Quest'opera è distribuita con Licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale - Non opere derivate 4.0 Internazionale.
Jamie Oliver, chef and TV presenter, has launched a petition on Change.org for better nutritional education in schools and to defeat child obesity.
Two photographers carried out a unique project: they photographed what and how much the world eats. Interesting differences and conclusions emerged.
The threat of a Russian invasion has changed the lives of Ukraine’s people. The story of the Ukraine crisis as told by men, women, and soldiers.
At Beijing 2022 politics and superpower rivalry are dominating the headlines. Nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of Eileen Gu, the US-born Chinese freestyle skier that is taking the sport by storm.
We meet the women working to reverse trends of disengagement with studies, normalise motherhood in universities, and counteract gender disparities to improve access to academic careers for Colombian women and mothers.
With the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics about to start, China is under the spotlight as it seeks to deliver on its promise of holding the first ever carbon-neutral Olympic Games.
The same tycoons who created factory farms are the ones investing in fake meat. But “real” food can’t be created in laboratories: regenerative agriculture is the only way.
We talked to World Happiness Summit organiser Karen Guggenheim about the connection between the planet’s health and our happiness.