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lit. "tempura waste" are crunchy bits of Deep frying 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 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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