Tenkasu
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| Place of origin | Japan |
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| Main ingredients | Batter |
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Tenkasu (天かす; lit. "tempura waste")[1] are crunchy bits of deep-fried flour batter used in Japanese cuisine, specifically in dishes such as soba, udon, takoyaki, and okonomiyaki. Hot, plain soba and udon with added tenkasu are called tanuki-soba and tanuki-udon, respectively (haikara-soba and haikara-udon in the Kansai region).
They are also called agedama (揚げ玉; literally "fried ball"). According to the NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, 68% of Japanese people called them tenkasu and 29% agedama in 2003. Tenkasu is more common in western Japan and agedama in the east.
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