Tempura is food fried in a light batter. This is literally just flour and water—no egg, sake, or anything like that—and panko bread crumbs. It’s breaded, not battered.

egg and/or sake. I've made tempura shrimp before without it. I think it mostly refers to being lightly battered as opposed to breaded,

You can spice up the slurry any way you want to and the whole thing is less messy to do and lighter when you get the finished product. Regular seasoned bread crumbs also work, it doesn't have to be panko.

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Flour, water, egg, oil, salt and a little baking powder. I don't measure the ingredients, but probably 1 cup of flour, 1/2 cup of water, 1 egg, a TBS oil, a couple shakes of salt, and a dash of baking powder. Mix the ingredients together till it's about as thick as heavy cream, and dip the prepared veggies in. Fry in hot fat, turn as needed.

If you use a whole raw egg, you'll end up with a lot of batter. If you have leftovers, you can freeze it in a bag or other airtight container.