Bhaji Man's tasty tempura batter is made with cold still water for vegetables and cold sparkling water for seafood to give a lighter batter. The result is a unique fluffy and crisp tempura structure when cooked. Perfect as an appetiser selection alongside dips of minty cucumber yoghurt, mango chutney and tomato salsa sprinkled with coarsely crushed pan roasted coriander and cumin seeds.
5 to 10 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook
Spices and herbs in kit:
Gram flour, mixed spices, baking powder, (mono calcium phosphate, corn starch*, rice flour, raising agent (disodium diphosphate, sodium hydrogen carbonate), mixed spices (turmeric, crushed chillies, herbs, chilli powder, asafoetida containing gum Arabic, ground rice & turmeric). *Denotes organically grown
Spices and herbs from around the world, ground and carefully blended in Norfolk
Essential additional ingredients (Shopping List):
500g of mixed raw vegetables eg: cauliflower, broccoli, wild or button mushrooms, parsnips, courgettes, carrots, aubergine, sweet potatoes or 500g raw seafood eg: prawns, shrimps, scallops, crab, seabass, monkfish
1 tsp salt plus more for sprinkling
flavourless cooking oil
Step-by-step preparation and cooking instructions:
Preparation
Step 1: Thin slices or strips of vegetable or seafood are dipped and coated with batter before frying.
Cooking Instructions
Step 1: Put the Bhaji Man Pakora/Tempura mix and 1 tsp of salt into a bowl and add 140ml of cold still water or sparkling water. Stir well into a thick batter and cover. Leave for 10 minutes.
Step 2: Heat 2cm deep of cooking oil in a deep non-stick frying pan over a hot heat. When hot, dip the prepared raw vegetables in the batter and then shallow fry both sides until golden brown.
Step 3: Drain well on kitchen paper and keep warm, whilst cooking the remainder.
Step 4: When all the tempura/pakora are cooked, serve hot sprinkled with salt.
From Waveney Mushrooms, Bungay, Suffolk.
From Waveney Mushrooms, Bungay, Suffolk.
Premium hand-picked wild forest mushrooms
Vegan, Gluten free, Dairy free
Premium hand-picked wild forest mushrooms
Vegan, Gluten free, Dairy free
From Cooks & Co, Turnpike Way, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Shiitake mushrooms.
Vegetarian, Vegan, Gluten free
From Livesey Brothers, Lowerfields Mushroom Farm, Packington, Leics.
From Livesey Brothers, Lowerfields Mushroom Farm, Packington, Leics.
From Livesey Brothers, Lowerfields Mushroom Farm, Packington, Leics.
From Livesey Brothers, Lowerfields Mushroom Farm, Packington, Leics.
From Alister Barten, Mallards Farm, Waterham, Kent.
Pesticide free, No Fertiliser
From Alister Barten, Mallards Farm, Waterham, Kent.
Last of the seasons crop...!
Pesticide free, No Fertiliser
From C J Bean & Son, Links Farm, Deal, Kent.
Pesticide free, No Fertiliser
From the Bellus Family of Celtic Fish & Game, St. Ives, Cornwall
Wild
From the Bellus Family of Celtic Fish & Game, St. Ives, Cornwall
Wild
From the Bellus Family of Celtic Fish & Game, St. Ives, Cornwall
Wild