tempuran.
/ˈtɛmpʊrə/ A Japanese dish consisting of prawn, shrimp, or white fish, and often vegetables, coated in batter and deep-fried. Also attributive, esp. in tempura bar, tempura restaurant.
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1920 Japan Advertiser 22 Aug. 5 Tempura means a certain way of cooking,—namely, dipping in thin wheat-flour batter and frying in deep oil... The food which forms the base is some kind of fish.
1936 K. Tezuka Japanese Food 71 Tempura is a characteristic dish of Japan made by dipping fish or shrimps or shell-fish in batter and frying in deep gingelly oil or torreya oil.
1958 Japan (Unesco) (1964) 724/1 Tempura was adopted from a recipe in Spain and Portugal.
1967 D. Riesman & E. T. Riesman Conversations in Japan 223 Donald joined us for lunch at a tempura restaurant nearby.
1969 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 13 Sept. 62/3 Some of the most popular eateries are tempura bars.
1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 73 This thoughtfully designed Japanese restaurant has separate dining rooms for teppan-yaki, sukiyaki, and tempura.
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