Tendon Tempura Rice Bowl

Tendon is a popular Japanese rice bowl. This recipe uses vegetable tempura, but you can use various tempura as the topping.

Japanese Tempura

INGREDIENTS:

4 cups steamed rice
4 small green bell peppers, seeds removed, cut in half lengthwise
2 Japanese eggplants, cut in half lengthwise, make some cuts on the skin
1 potato, peeled, sliced into 1/4 inch thick rounds, soaked in water for 15 minutes
For batter:
1 egg
1 cup ice water
1 cup all purpose flour
For sauce:
3/4 cup tentsuyu
PREPARATION:
Cook steamed rice. Make tentsuyu sauce and set aside. Prepare tempura batter.