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Tempura (天ぷら): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Tempura (天ぷら) is a Japanese food classified as Agemono, cuisine, dish. Ingredients listed for it include Flammulina filiformis, Lentinula edodes, Teuthida, cooking oil, drinking water.

Name in Japanese天ぷら
TypeAgemono, cuisine, dish, food
Main ingredientsFlammulina filiformis, Lentinula edodes, Teuthida, cooking oil, drinking water, egg as food, seafood, vegetable, wheat flour
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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