DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that tempura has a rather original life course?
Indeed, in our gastronomic history, most of our foods and know-how came either from the West via the conquistadors during the Renaissance, or from the East via the spice and silk routes!
Well, these tempuras seem to have taken a journey that goes against all logic. In fact, tempuras are said to be a Japanese interpretation of the Portuguese "Peixinhos da horta" imported to the Land of the Rising Sun.
Incidentally, Japan's other name is Nippon, which intrinsically means "Origin of the sun", then "Place of origin of the sun".
What does Portugal have to do with it? Portuguese Jesuit missionaries are said to have imported this preparation in the 17th century.
The epicurean Japanese then adapted tempura to their tastes by lightening the batter and eating them standing up on skewers.
It was not until much later that the first restaurants specializing in tempura appeared, much to our delight!
Why do I like this recipe? Well, for one thing, because it's good, but also because it allows us to use up all those bits of vegetables we collect in our refrigerators! Preparing them in tempura gives them back their
crunchy goodness, and what's more, it's good but...
I've already told you!
Enjoy your meal!
