Desserts, Drinks & Baking

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura

Name: Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: Korean
Ingredients: 25 g Bellflower root (doraji); 1.25 g Black sesame seeds; 8.75 g Glutinous rice flour; 10 g Tempura flour; as needed Water; 3 g Cooking oil; for soaking Salt water (3%); 1 g Soy sauce; 2 g Vinegar; 2 g Sugar; 3 g Water; 0.5 g Wasabi

도라지 검은깨 튀김

Thin slices of bellflower root soaked to remove bitterness, coated in a glutinous rice and tempura batter with black sesame and fried, served with a low-sodium wasabi vinegar soy sauce.

📝 Step-by-Step Instructions

Peel the bellflower root and slice 0.3 cm thick.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 1

Soak briefly in 3% salt water to remove the bitterness, rinse in cold water and pat dry.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 2

Mix the glutinous rice flour and tempura flour with enough water for a thick batter.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 3

Stir the black sesame into the batter.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 4

Coat the bellflower root in the batter and fry in 170°C oil.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 5

Serve with the low-sodium soy sauce.

Black Sesame Bellflower Root Tempura — step 6

📊 Nutrition Facts (per serving)

134.6Calories (kcal)

23.9 gCarbs

2.4 gProtein

4 gFat

163 mgSodium

Nutrition values are taken from the original recipe data and are approximate.

Source: adapted from the recipe database of the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety of Korea (Food Safety Korea), used under the Korea Open Government License (KOGL) Type 1. English translation and editing by coo K food.