Tempura Shrimp and Vegetables

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup light soy sauce
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger finely grated, from about 3/4-inch piece
• 1/2 cup daikon radish finely grated, from about 4 1/2-inch piece
• 1/4 cup mirin Japanese sweet rice wine
• 10 green beans trimmed
• 12 large shrimp peeled, deveined, tail shells left intact
• pepper
• salt
• 6 cups vegetable oil for frying
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
• 2 tablespoons sesame oil Asian
• 10 fresh shiitake mushrooms about 3/4 pound, stemmed
• 1 white onion large, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch thick rings
• 2 ounces lotus root piece fresh, about 1 1/2 inches long, peeled, and cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
• 10 shiso fresh, leaves