Not quite the same as a restaurant tempura but certainly easy and tasty. I used it for catfish and vegetables, mushrooms and green beans. I caution not to put too many green beans in the oil all at once or you will have the eatable pick-up sticks since the batter will hold them together! I was in a hurry, the answer to that is start cooking earlier! If not served asap, the fried batter will lose the crispy batter.