Tempura Batter

[Chipchopper]

I love the crispy, knobly texture of tempura batter and can never resist a pack of prawns when I see them in the supermarket.
What is the secret and can it be replicated at home ?

[ummmm]

Ice cold sparkling water.

I've only made it once and it worked fine.

[Chipchopper]

Thanks ummmm, that sounds simple enough, I guess beer batter works in a similar way.

[Buenchico]

No sparkling water here!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/prawntempura_85883

[ummmm]

Chipchopper - beer batter is fantastic. I make homemade battered cod on a regular basis (1/2 price in Tesco at the mo) and it's stupidly easy and as good as any rated chippy.

[pastafreak]

Here's an authentic recipe. Keep *everything* cold.

http://www.justonecookbook.com/shrimp-tempura/#comments

[ummmm]

Yeah, DB, I do wife beater batter :-)

[hammerman]

Always done it with cold fizzy water. Don't sift your flour either....lumps are good in tempura. Try some tempura veg too....delish