The present invention provides in an environmentally-friendly manner a coating material for fried and/or deep-fried food capable of yielding fried and/or deep-fried foods exhibiting a high level of adhesiveness and excellent texture with a good balance between crisp feel and soft feel. More specifically, according to the present invention, a coating material for fried and/or deep-fried food consisting in an oil/fat-treated starch is prepared by using a non-modified starch as a raw starch for the oil/fat-treated starch, wherein the raw starch contains 25% by mass or more of a legume starch and whose amylose content ranges between 10 and 60% by mass. A better adhesiveness is demonstrated when the resulting oil/fat-treated starch has a viscosity retention rate equal to or higher than 75%.
