Fried Shrimp Tempura

I love shrimp tempura,don't we all love Japanese cuisine ??.These days eating out can be pricey especially gas price is out of control .Japanese cuisine can consider superior food especially the price is high . So far,I never fried shrimp tempura at home.Friends told me it's easy to do it.Actually I seen the drumer aka assistant chef in Japanese restaurant prepare shrimp tempura.Don't mistaken drumer is the person who play drum.In Asian restaurant,drumer is the person who assist the chef in food preparation.He also called second chef in line.I think I still can remember how to make this dish if my memories doesn't fail me yet!!.Let me know what you think of my new experiment,ok? lol!!

Ingredients:

10 large raw shrimp,heads and shells removed,tails intact

1 large Spanish onion sliced 1 inch thick

1/2 cup flour for dusting

1 packet tempura batter

2-3 cup clean oil for deep frying

Method:

1:Removed the vein from the shrimps,then make 4x4 mm deep cuts across the belly to stop the shrimp from curling up.Snip the tips of the tails and gently squeeze out any liquid.Pat dry with paper towel.

2:Prepared deep frying oil in wok or pan at medium heat or 347F.

3:Meanwhile make the batter accordingly to the package instruction.

4:Hold the shrimp tail,dust with some flour,then dip into the batter.Do not let the batter cover the tail.Slide the shrimp into the hot oil very slowly.Deep fry one to two shrimp at a time until crisp or golden brown.Drain excess oil from tempura on a wire rack or paper towel for few minutes.

5:Dust the cut onion with flour ,then dip into the batter.Slide the onion into the oil ,fry until crisp or golden brown.Drain excess oil from tempura on a wire rack or paper towel for few minutes,then arrange them with shrimp on a plate.Ready to serve warm .

I didn't prepare the tempura sauce,coz I don't have dashi and daikon.All I have is Mirin and shoyu.Furthermore,I prefer to eat my tempura crunchy and crispy,not soggy.If you like to dip your fried tempura into the sauce,just get shoyu,mirin,dashi and mix with grater daikon .There you go....
I try to fried my shrimp tempura ,restaurant style ,too bad it's didn't turn out as I wanted!!.I need to get some tips from the chef..

Note:

You can use any vegetable you like to make tempura..The best vegetables for tempura is eggplant,bell pepper,sweet potato,taro aka yam,lotus root,onion and zucchini.You can prepare shrimp in advance and freeze it .If you don't have ready mix tempura flour,DIY is easy as well.All you need is flour,baking powder, and cold water.It's sound easy,right?.Good Luck!!.