Ingredients

The following ingredients have 4 Servings
  • 100g plain flour
  • 50g cornflour
  • ½ tsp sea salt flakes
  • 250ml soda water, chilled
  • for deep frying vegetable oil
  • 200g purple sprouting broccoli, separated into spears
  • sea salt flakes
  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • ½ lime, juiced
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 2 tsp rice vinegar

Instruction

  • Put all of the dipping sauce ingredients into a bowl and whisk until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Tip the flours and salt into a large bowl and gradually whisk in the soda water – don’t over-whisk as this will make the batter tough.
  • Fill a pan no more than 1 /3 full with oil and heat to 180C or until a cube of bread browns in 30 seconds.
  • Dip 4 or 5 broccoli spears into the batter, coat fully and gently lower into the oil. Fry for 4-5 minutes or until really crisp, then drain on kitchen paper and season with sea salt. Keep warm in a low oven while you fry the rest. Serve with the dipping sauce.