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Tentsuyu (てんつゆ/天汁) is
Japanese
tempura
dipping
sauce.
The
recipe for tentsuyu depends on the seasons and on the ingredients for
which tentsuyu is being prepared. A general, all-purpose, tentsuyu might
consists of three parts
dashi, one part
mirin, and one part
shoyu (Japanese soy sauce). For ingredients with strong odors or
flavors, however,
sake and
sugar might be used instead of mirin, or more or less shoyu might be
used.
Similar ingredients make up the simmering sauce for
donburi and the broth for dishes like
agedashi tofu (deep-fried tofu in broth) and
soba (buckwheat noodles).
Tentsuyu in concentrated form is commonly sold in a small bottles in
supermarkets and grocery stores throughout Japan--and also in
Asian grocery stores in the US.
When used for tempura, tentsuyu is commonly served with grated
daikon white radish.
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