Fried Green Beans (Peixinhos da horta)

Fried green beans, battered and deep fried are called peixinhos da horta in Portuguese. Literally translated this means little fish from the garden. They appear like the slender sardines and other small fish they also love to fry in Portugal. It was this type of battering of fried green beans that was introduced to the Japanese. They called it tempura and perfected it.