Tempura consists of deep-fried fish and vegetables and is often served as a set meal, or teishoku. It is usually accompanied by sashimi, rice, miso soup, a small seaweed salad, grated white radish, chopped green onions and a small bowl of tempura sauce. When eating tempura, mix the white radish and chopped green onions in the tempura sauce and use it as a dip. Many Okinawans and foreigners eat tempura as a small snack, and you can buy tempura, even by the piece, at supermarkets on the island. |