Veggie Tempura Bites
Light, crispy battered carrot and sweet potato pieces.
Ready in
About 25 min · 10 min prep + 15 min cook
New challenge
finger food
Texture
CrispyCrunchySeparate foods
Ingredients
- Carrots
- Sweet potato
- Tempura flour
- Oil
Step-by-step
- 1Cut 1 carrot and 1 small sweet potato into thin sticks.
- 2Mix 100g tempura flour with 150ml ice-cold water — keep batter lumpy.
- 3Heat 2cm oil in a deep pan to 180°C (350°F).
- 4Dip vegetables in batter and fry in small batches 2–3 min until pale gold and crisp.
- 5Drain on kitchen paper and serve straight away.
Adapt for a picky eater
- ·Make it milder: skip strong spices, herbs and onions — keep salt, butter or a touch of cheese instead.
- ·Swap an ingredient: trade anything they avoid for a safe favourite (e.g. cucumber sticks instead of cooked veg).
- ·Keep things separate: serve the parts side by side, not mixed — sauce on the side.
- ·Simplify: a smaller portion of just two or three familiar parts of the dish is a win.