I lived in Japan as a teen, first job was in a Tempura-ya. I later worked in Japanese restaurants for years. Your recipe and technique are very authentic and done well. So many "amateurs" forget to mention the ice-cubes in the water, and/or they overmix it. Icey COLD batter causes the batter to really crisp up in the hot oil. I love that you didnt peal the skins, also quit typical. Tempura does NOT mean seasoning...the origin of the name actually comes from the Latin 'ad tempora cuaresme,' meaning “in the time of Lent.” The Portuguese missionaries/priests taught and requested their Japanese cooks to prepare this "Tempora" meal as they were not allowed to eat meat during Fridays and during Lent. So the original Tempura was in fact a Lenten meal, and always vegetables. ITEDAKEMASU!

@anacoutinho4012

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ken, your explanation of the Latin root of the word “tempura “ does have truth to it. Still is was from Portuguese influence that this and other words or their variations are used in Japan. In Portugal (present day) the verb Temperar means the action of seasoning something. Also the noun Tempero meaning the savory taste.

@kensanders930

Жыл бұрын

@@anacoutinho4012 that's interesting. Thanks. 🤔 I wonder now the etymology of the word. Either way....tempura is delicious! 😋😋

@dobees8183

Ай бұрын

Very informative comment 👍

I do love your videos. They are concise, easy to follow, and I especially love the factual information regarding ingredients, history of the recipes themselves, preparation pointers, and little-known facts about ingredients. In another video you mentioned that sesame seeds were indigestible unless crushed. I have always toasted and crushed them simply because the aroma of the crushed seeds is so pleasant and my mother has always done it that way. I just didn't know why! Love the tip about the water in the shrimp tails. Never knew that, either - and the tip about loosening the muscles.

@taijiskitchen

Жыл бұрын

glad you enjoy my trivial tips too!! thats how I try to differentiate my videos from those professional cooking videos like Gordon, since I am not professionally trained, but just a home chef!!

@donnalynch6845

Жыл бұрын

Same here 🤗👌

@sakurazen3304

Жыл бұрын

Hallo danke für die tollen Videos schöne Grüße

@bmedve3427

8 ай бұрын

Thank you for letting us see the logistics of this, the amounts and how to extend this to have food for the next day! Definitely helpful to get the procedure shown as you just did there. I have the kitchen implements and all but have been a bit intimidated by lack of experience 😅 Keep this going! You already helped me to overcome dread of smell and texture of natto and have me crave it every day. And showing us round your parents' house, you took the same care to explain every day things to people unfamiliar with them to an extent I appreciate a lot!

Wow! Its mouth watering.

You are easy to follow without complications, your instructions are simple and clear. Love it.

Yum!!! I can't wait to make this food style my main diet. Very nice to see the subtleties of preparation...not to mention the attire! I think there must have been a life or two as Asian. I like Sumi-e also.

Your presentation about how to cook the food very good.I like japanese food.I will follow you and look for all of your previous clips. THAK YOU from USA

I’ve been salivating over this video. Thanks for all the tips. Love, love Japanese food.

I love tempura dishes❤❤❤

It's always a joy to watch your videos. Even for things I already know, I'd like to hear you say it in another way. I also learn new things from you.

New subscriber from Philippines..I love cooking and I love to learn more of Japanese cuisine❤️Looking forward for more videos..

Hello Taiji, i just came accross your videos a couple of days back and since then watched a dozen of them in succession..... Your videos are very professionally made.. it really appreciated the kind of home cooking you do all by yourself staying in Germany... The history/background of each recipe you narrate is very interesting... Your hand skills are excellent !! And the most important part i like is you don't waste any ingredients... Your work is neat and clean, and the wholeheartedness and respect for food is really appreciated.... All in all great job and keep going.... Love from India......,❤️🙏🙏

Now am really craving Japanese food 😋

😋 Mmm my favorite Tampura 🍤🥞🥢🍶🍵🍥🍜🥟🍣🍘🍙🍚🥡🍢🍡💓 my blonde 3rd grandma was Postugese I spoke in Spanish to her before learning English. Calamari means fryed 🦑 in Greek.

I 💕 love the technique 🇯🇵 so professional so pretty accurate cuts

Love watching your show...i love Tempura..thank you!

I Love your videos more than words can say. Thank you for your beautiful cooking 🍳 🥘 lessons.🌹🍱🇯🇵💐🦋

Some teachers and I are having a get together. I’m sure this delicious concoction of yours will really please their innards!! Thank you! You are so sweet! I like how you enjoyed your meal. Greetings from a Polish Australian!

Wow. I'm going to actually try this. Thank you.

Boy do I love your videos. Efficient, to the point, on the ball, easy to understand just simply brilliant. Then of course.... The deliciousness on a mother level. Love your videos. THANK YOU 💖💯💐

So cool to see you peel and do the shrimp. I just found your channel this morning and I am so enjoying it. Cannot wait to make some of the food. I just made my first homemade tempeh.

Taji, Thank you so much for your string of interesting, thought provoking, challednging ways to explore different areas of japanese home cooking. I am still recovering from a two year break, related to COVID and social and physical restrictions, in my regular tasting and delighting in Japanese in house and take out meals.So I hooked onto Taji's Kitchen, as a way of learning basic techniques of Japanese home cooking, learning basic pickling techniques and some elementaay dishes. Now I have now learned the correct method for home preparation of tempura mixed fish and vegetables, my ultimate delight in take -out Japanese meals, all thanks to watching a sequence of your delightful, delicious, and informative videos! Arigato gozaimasu!

@taijiskitchen

2 жыл бұрын

I am sorry to hear that you are still recovering form the difficulties caused by the Covid. but thank YOU so much for such nice and encouraging comment!! dou itashi mashite!! so glad to know, that my work is making some people happy and appreciate Japanese cooking!!

I love Tempura! It’s my favorite! Yours looks wonderful. Thank u for this great recipe.

You are a GREAT and funny teacher !! So cute and perfect !! Many THANKS from Indian Ocean !

Awesome education on the shrimp, thank you!

Omg … I love and love Tempura . If I could eat Tempura often I would love that … this is what I like since I am a vegetarian/pescatarian … I just don’t eat chicken or any type of meats. Again … I love this video and you are the best ❤️

Thanks Taiji San, loves your precise way of cooking crispy tempura. It makes me to start cooking what exactly I have in my fridge this coming weekend..Arigatou gozaimasu💖👨‍🍳

You really are a wonderful cook......thank you for sharing your knowledge with us.

Looks positively fabulous!

Greetings from New Zealand! 熊本に生まれて、インドネシアから来ました。日本料理が1番大好きですよ！Share してくれて本当にありがとうございます！😊

@taijiskitchen

Жыл бұрын

おおお〜、日本人で見てくれてる人がいるんですね！ 嬉しいです！今後もよろしくお願いしま〜す！ 何かリクエスト/アイデアがあったら、教えてくださ〜〜い！

You make cooking so easy, most importantly the ingredients are not hard to find.

I lived in Japan as a very little girl, we have always cooked Japanese recipes at home, and now I continue on. Love the channel too, subscribed! Also the sound effect - so Japanese! On every video I have watched, I try to open the link to the sound effect, but it always returns no result, would love to find it as well ❤🙏

Love the way u present Japanese culture.....I'm fall in love with Japan

It looks so delicious!😋 Greetings from Portugal, the inspiration to tempura. The portuguese word "Temperar" means to season

I so love the way you prepare them. Very down to earth. Not all materials we have at home and am glad you're teaching us to substitute. My 2nd time to watch. Am going to prepare tempura today. More power to your channel 👍💐

Just discovered your channel last night and we love your videos! My son and I are so excited to cook more food 😊 He keeps telling me to save all the ingredients after watching 😄 Simple ,easy to follow and very informative ♥️ Thank you !

I'm so glad I found your channel. I love to gorge on Japanese food and we would visit a Japanese restaurant many times when we were in Kuwait. Now that I'm back in my small hometown in India, where there are no Japanese restaurants I miss the food. Thanks to you, I can cook all these delicacies now.

I love tempura. One of my favorite dishes. Nice to know my people of Portugal could possibly have had a hand in the recipe. Thank you for another awesome video. I also love the ritual of tying up your sleeves. Awesome job. Thank you again. Many blessings!

Love your cooking great recipe done correctly specially your method so precise in many many way I love every step by step of your cooking so appealing thank you so much watching you is great experience thank you I am glad you on it keep up the great method of Japanese style so wow. I am proud of you thank you have a great journey on your teaching recipe. God bless you and the world.

This dish looks absolutely delicious 🧡💚🧡

I just discovered your channel! Excellent! You make it look easy to follow! Makes me miss when I lived in Japan! I look forward to following more of your video presentations! 😀

I am going through and binge watching your content.

I love tempura it’s really good, I think in Hawaii a friend took us to a Japanese restaurant and they also used whole green beans dipped in the batter and fried.

@hopefull752

Жыл бұрын

This food looks delicious

I think your channel on life in Japan in your home is a great privilege. Thank you for sharing. I did learn how to stop the prawns from curling Must try it

You make it sound so simple, easy and delicious!!! May be I should try making tempura like the way you do! I was always afraid frying tempura. 😁😁😁

Love your videos!

@taijiskitchen

3 жыл бұрын

thanx so much!! glad you enjoy it!!

I used to cook Tempura for my husband... I read and studied everything I could. It was very challenging to make something that was not of my home culture, but I knew about the ice and need to keep the batter cool. It is difficult to know when I am cooking things properly when I've never had it at a restaurant. I also experimented with various sauces.

Hi, I have seen your channel recently and find it very interesting and educational. Loved the video on Japanese table manners and now this one on how to make tempura from scratch and the correct way to cut and prepare the different types of things for frying. You are right about the origin of the word “tempura” and the root Latin word explained by another viewer is also correct . Present day: in Portugal “to season” verb is “temperar”. The noun “tempero” is referring to the taste of something that has been seasoned.

It's insane how Portugal is the furthest country from Japan and vice versa and yet have so much influence on eachother.

I love these vids! Very informative! And entertaining!

Love your videos very thorough

Thank you so much for your details , clear and simple instructions

Wonderful. Thanks Chef🙏🏽 for your recipe

Enjoyable and informative. Like the historical notes too. Thanks

At no point would I evet think of cutting the tip of a prawn. Thank you, that looks so good!

Amazing ! learning tricks in preparing the tempura

Looks so good

Excellent very well displayed thank you made it easy for me as love cooking I love your videos

Delicious and healthy meal, thanks for some tips!!.

I really like your vlog all the food it's delicious

Great. Video .your food looked delicious.I have always wanted to know how to make tempura. Thanks😍

Really like this, I am gonna make it by myself, I think I can👍🏻

@taijiskitchen

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it!! and thanx for your comment!!

You offer such practical suggestions. I like the way you cook. You make it look so easy. Practice makes perfect, I guess. Very clever, indeed!

Thanks this kind of vlog so cool and i love watching this kind more information simple but i learn more nutritious food prepared ideas technique he he he i enjoy kon'nichiwa oishi the way you speak i feel you are kind hearted and good teacher chef👨‍🍳

Hello from Liverpool GB. Love this recipe!

I love your videos.

My favorite tempura is surimi, sticks, (imitation crab sticks)… so delicious!

You teach good idea do so very important start wow not easy but when you show how to do it beautifully

Came for hous tour videos, stay for the recipe 😋

Wonderful.

Lovely food. We mainly eat these as snacks. And many of us use gram flour. Which makes these taste way better than using plain flour.

Thanks for tempura recipe.. wanted to get the homemade one ❤ Greetings from Spain.

It look so gut 😉 i have to try it 🤗

Se me hace agua 💧 la boca 👄!!!

Very healthy

Good info tempura originated from Portugal. 👏 I love tempura

Thank you and God bless you.

Beautiful

I've gotta try the sweet potato 🍠 & the Pumpkin 🎃 Tampura it sounds delicious 😋🤤 I love sweet potato casserole or pumpkin pie 🥧 with lots of extra cloves & cinnamon extra butter 🧈 the crust like a sugar cookie

Will you make video on Japanese dipping Sauces? I would live to see one!

Awesome

I like it👍

Is very good 😊 blessings.

Looks nice yummy

thanks.👍💖

I'm going to make tempura tonight.

❤wonderful ❤

Mmm 😋 Tampura 🍤🥞🥢🍶🇯🇵😋 lobster 🦞 or Lobsta in Boston 😋

Tampura making me hungry...

So cute

Just came across ur vid, so interesting. U got a new sub ☺😋

Watching from Fiji. Besides learning so much, i find your videos are so relaxing. Plus I "lurve" Japanese food.

Keine Kommentare in deutscher Sprache? Tempura im Restaurant ist gerne mal zu fett. Die angeg. Temperatur für das Öl ist für mich jetzt der Ausschlag zum Selbermachen. Das Vorgehen wird in allen Videos so gut erklärt.....Vielen Dank, dass Sie die japanische Küche uns Langnasen so viel näher bringen. Herzlichen Gruß, Maria

YUM!!

ONAKA IPAII 🥰 JOZU NE 🤩 FROM THE PHILIPPINES 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭😍😍😍

😋 Looks nice!

@taijiskitchen

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha, danke!! pls give it a try, it tastes nice as well!!

@valentingroener676

3 жыл бұрын

@@taijiskitchen I‘ll do that for sure

Food is colourful Japanese food 🥝 டிEmpura

thank you.

Love your videos! Can u do class on picking good knives?

Ok super

I thought Tempura is shrimp,..but here you have vegetables tempura.Ill do that thanks.