The golden crispy sushi is cooked. The crispy fried dough sticks inside the sushi are actually shredded tempura. Tempura is a fried food in Japanese cuisine. In Japanese dishes, dishes fried with batter are collectively called tempura. Tempura is made with egg batter. For the most part, the prepared dough batter is called tempura, and the flour used to make the dough is called thin powder in Japanese.