tempura

noun

tem·pu·ra ˈtem-pə-rə

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tem-ˈpu̇r-ə

: seafood or vegetables dipped in batter and fried in deep fat

Examples of tempura in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In fact, the Japanese are said to serve them raw, boiled or fried in tempura. —

Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2024 Do-it-yourself tempura dinners spotlight seasonal vegetables and seafood from the region. —

Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2024 Savannah’s meal lands her in the middle: Her table design was very minimalist and dramatic, with a pile of seaweed and shucked oysters in the middle, but her octopus was simultaneously mushy and over-charred and her tempura greasy. —

Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 29 May 2024 The Japanese classics were executed to perfection, from eel nigiri to shrimp tempura with an impressive array of sakes available to accompany the meal. —

Natasha Langan, theweek, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tempura

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