On this Wikipedia the tempura banana ice cream links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Not to be confused with Tempera. Japanese dish usually consisting of seafood, meat and vegetables that have been battered and deep fried.

Specially formulated tempura flour is available in supermarkets. No seasonings or salt is added to the batter, or the ingredients, except for some recipes recommending rinsing seafood in salt water before preparation. Thin slices or strips of vegetables or seafood are dipped in the batter, then briefly deep-fried in hot oil. The finished fry is pale whiteish, thin and fluffy, yet crunchy. Tenkasu are often reserved as ingredients in other dishes or as a topping.

Various seafood and vegetables are commonly used as the ingredients in traditional tempura. Vegetables tempura is called yasai tempura. The all-vegetable tempura might be served as a vegetarian dish. Tentsuyu is the most common sauce consumed with tempura. Cooked pieces of tempura are either eaten with dipping sauce, salted without sauce, or used to assemble other dishes. Tempura is commonly served with grated daikon and eaten hot immediately after frying. In Japan, it is often found in bowls of soba or udon soup in the form of shrimp, shiso leaf, or fritter.