Pad Thai

Pad Thai is very popular menu for foreign who come to visit Thailand. It seem difficult to cook but today you can learn and start to cook by yourself. Don't wait !! Follow me, I will show the instruction step.

Ingredients

• 500 g of rice sticks noodle
• 200 g of fresh shrimps (peeled, devained and keep shrimps head)
• 1/4 cup chopped pickled Chinese radish
• 1/4 cup baked tofu, small diced
• 4 shallot, minced
• 5 cloves garlic, minced
• 1/4 cup dried shrimp (soaked in warm water around 5 minutes and drained)
• 1/4 cup garlic chives (cut into 1.5 inch pieces)
• 2 cup fresh bean sprout
• 1/4 cup crushed peanuts
• 1/4 cup tamarind puree
• 4 fresh eggs
• 3 tablespoons shaved palm sugar
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce
• 1/4 cup of water
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil

Cooking Method : (Pad Thai sauce)

Add vegetable oil in the skillet then heat oil with medium then stir fry the shallot and garlic (minced) then add shaved palm sugar, tamarind puree, fish sauce and 1/4 cup of water. Checking test for sweet, sour and salty.

Cooking Method :

• Heat the vegetable oil with medium. Stir fry the shrimps until they turn pink then transfer to dish.

• Heat 3 tbs vegetable oil in the large skillet. Stir fry tofu, dried shrimps and Chinese radish (use medium heat) around 1 minute add the noodle ( 100 g or 1 dish) and 1/4 cup of water. Stir fry to mix add 2 tbs of  Pad Thai sauce. Continue stir-fry around 1 minute.

• Push noodles to one side  then add 2 tbs vegetable oil after break the eggs and scramble then mix it together.
• Add the bean sprouts and garlic chives then mix.
• Serve with  uncooked bean sprouts, garlic chives, the edible inflorescence of a banana plant and crushed peanuts. Put cooked shrimps on top.

• In case, you can wrap pad thai by fried beaten egg. (see picture)

Finally, " Pad Thai " ready for serve.