Tempura

Not to be confused with Tempera or Tempora.
This article is about the Japanese dish. For the elongated fishball street-food dish known in some parts of the Philippines as "tempura", see Ngo hiang.

Tempura
Alternative namesTenpura
Place of originNagasaki, by Portuguese missionaries
Region or stateWestern Europe
East Asia
Associated cuisineJapanese cuisine
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Tempura shrimp and vegetables
Tendon
Tenzaru (tempura and soba)
Tempura udon

Tempura (天ぷら or 天麩羅, tenpura; [tempɯɾa]) is a typical Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying, via Nanban trade.

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