天ぷらTempura

Tempura (天（てん）ぷら or 天（てん）麩（ぷ）羅（ら）;) is a Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried. Tempura originated in the 16th century, when Portuguese Jesuits brought the Western-style cooking method of coating foods with flour and frying, via Nanban trade.

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Tempura (天（てん）ぷら or 天（てん）麩（ぷ）羅（ら）; [tempɯɾa]) is a Japanese dish that usually consists of seafood and vegetables that have been coated in a thin batter and deep-fried.