Monsoons bring life to heated soul and body. When the first drop of rain touch the ground,after months of scorching heat, mother Earth breath a sigh of relief. Though in India Monsoon is often accompanied by unfavorable road conditions and chaos,but then who cares,because all we know is that it rejuvenate our life and nature. It is that time of the year when our body wants to get drenched in rain, our self (soul) need some poetry and songs to show its happiness and gratitude to nature and our taste buds crave for some hot,tangy,deep fired and spicy food. This season is for chats, samosas, pPani puri or puchkas, pakoras and many more regional savories.
I belong to a city ,which is known as the king of street foods in India.
The streets are flooded with eateries which offer cuisines of almost
every region and country. You can go away from the city but the city's
food life will haunt you for ever. Yes, I am terribly missing my city, the food and the rains are just making it worse
for me. Almost every day I crave for Kolkata style fish fry, egg rolls, muglai parathas and chicken dumplings.
This year too I am enjoying my cozy cup of tea with some of my favorite Bengali Monsoon savories like beguni (brinjal fry soaked in basan), aloor chop (potato fry snacks)and piyaji (onion fry soaked in basan), but this time I am also exploring some other Asian snacks. One such snack,which is worth mentioning and preparing is called Tempura Fried Shrimps or shall I say shrimps fried in Tempura batter. This is a Japanese dish where they fry vegetables,shrimps and other sea food in a batter which they prepare with soft wheat flour and cold water,along with other few ingredients. I am sure you will enjoy this recipe and I promise that soon I will be back with some more interesting and delicious Asian snack recipes. So, hope you all have a wonderful time this Monsoon. Enjoy.
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| Tempura style fried shrimp |
Ingredients : For the batter
- Plain Flour : 1 Cup
- Baking Soda : 1/2 teaspoon
- Potato Starch/ Corn Starch : 1teaspoon
- Egg : 1
- Pepper : 1/4 teaspoon
- Salt : as per your taste.
Method :
- Mix flour,baking soda and corn starch together in a bowl.
- Add the egg and mix roughly.
- Add salt and pepper and gently mix the batter.
For the Shrimps :
- Marinate the shrimps with salt and pepper for max 15 mints.
- Coat them with the batter and deep fry them.
- Serve hot with ketchup.
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| Tempura style fried shrimp |
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| Tempura style fried shrimp |
