Veg Tempura with Idli Batter
Ingredients:
- 100gm of French beans cut into 3inch long pieces
- 2 carrots cut into match stick pieces
- 100gm cherry tomatoes
- 2 potatoes peeled and cut into thin circles
- 5-6 pieces of asparagus cut into 3 inch long pieces
- 10-12 snow peas or more as per your choice
- Different coloured bell peppers cut into long strips
- 1 cup chopped ice berg or ordinary lettuce
For the batter:
- 3 cups of fermented idli batter
- Oil for deep frying
- 3 tsp of spring onions or chives cut very finely – optional
- Salt to taste
Method:
- Sprinkle salt on all the vegetables and keep aside for 10 minutes.
- You can use any vegetable of your choice besides the ones mentioned above.
- If you like your vegetable tender then you could blanch the vegetables in hot water for only 1 minute and keep aside.
- But if you like your vegetables crunchy then you can fry these without blanching.
- Heat enough oil for deep frying.
- Place the idli batter in a big pan or vessel, add salt to taste and beat with your fingers to make it fluffy.
- If you are using spring onions or chives to give a tinge of green to the batter, add the greens at this stage.
- Once the oil is heated, drop the vegetables a few at a time and fry in the oil, turning once and fry till the vegetables are crispy and a very light golden brown.
- Serve as a starter or snack.