Hello everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork. It is one of my favorites food. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look deliciou

The Ingredients needed to make Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork:

1. Prepare 1/4 stalk of Green onion (NEGI) or onion
2. You need 1/2-1 tsp of Fresh ginger, grated
3. It’s 350 g of Lotus root (2 whole roots)
4. You need 200 g of Ground pork
5. It’s 1/4 tsp of Salt
6. You need 1 Tbsp of Flour
7. Prepare of <Tempura batter>
8. Prepare 3/4 cup of Flour (cake or pastry flour if you have it)
9. You need 1/4 cup of Potato starch (Katakuriko)
10. It’s 1/2 tsp of Baking powder
11. Prepare 120 ml of Sparkling water or water
12. It’s of <Dipping sauce>
13. You need 2 Tbsp of Soy sauce
14. It’s 1 tsp of Grated ginger (optional)
15. Prepare 1 tsp of Rice vinegar
16. It’s 1/2 tsp of Sugar
17. Prepare 1/2 tsp of Salt
18. It’s to taste of Karashi mustard

Step to make Lotus Root Tempura Stuffed with Pork:

1. Lotus roots! I used two small ) You can easily peel the out skin with a regular peeler.
2. Peel and slice lotus into thin slices (about 3mm or so).
3. Grate ginger and mince onion
4. Soak lotus in water for 5-10 minute Drain and pat dry with paper towel.
5. Meanwhile, mix ground pork with onion, ginger, salt and Then sandwich a spoonful of the meat between two slices of lotus root.
6. Repeat until all lotus sandwiches are done.
7. Mix flour, potato starch, baking powder and salt together in a large bowl.
8. Heat frying oil over medium to until hot enough to fry, about 170C/325F if you have a thermometer
9. When ready to fry, mix sparkling water (or just cold water) into flour until you get a consistency of heavy cream (it was about 120 ml for me).
10. Dip each lotus sandwich into the batter. Let excess batter run off before frying.
11. Fry until batter is crisp and meat is cooked - a couple minutes each. Cut one in half to check the meat if youre worried.
12. The tempura batter should turn out light and a bit poofy!
13. Mix soy sauce, vinegar, sugar and ginger (if using) for dipping sauce. Slice each lotus sandwich in half and serve with dipping sauce and karashi mustard. Yum!

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