Tempura

is a classic Japanese dish of deep fried battered vegetables or seafood. A light batter is made of cold water and wheat flour. Eggs, baking soda or baking powder, starch, oil, and/or spices may also be added. Tempura batter is traditionally mixed in small batches using chopsticks for only a few seconds, leaving lumps in the mixture that along with the cold batter temperature result in the unique fluffy and crisp tempura structure when cooked. The batter is often kept cold by adding ice, or by... full article at wikipedia