Meaning of Pad Thai. Pad - fried, Thai - Thai
Thai noodles cooked with tofu, veggies and a tamarind based sauce.
Pad Thai is a traditional Thai dish made with stir-fried rice noodles, eggs, tofu, beansprouts, and spices. This is one of the famous street foods in the world. It is a popular restaurant delicacy or mall food in America. Pad Thai is sweetish and has a nutty flavor. While Pad kee moa is more tangy.
Ingredients: (4 Servings)
Pad Thai noodles - 200 gm (1/2 pack)
Tofu - 200 gm (1/2 pack)
Sesame oil - 2+2 tbsp
Onion -1
Garlic - 3 cloves
Green Bell pepper - 1/2
Red bell pepper - 1/2
Broccoli - 1 cup
Zucchini - 1/2
Spring onion - 1 bunch
Roasted peanut - 1/4 cup
Red chili flakes - 1/2 tsp
Pad Thai Sauce:
Brown Sugar - 3 tbsp
Thai Tamarind sauce - 2 tbsp
Lemon - 1/2
Fish sauce / Oyster sauce - 2 tbsp
Soy sauce - 1 tbsp
Red chili flake - 1 tsp
Salt - 1 tsp
fresh Ginger pieces - 1 tbsp
Preparation:
Drain water from tofu. Cut the tofu into 1 inch cubes. Place on paper towel or clean dish cloth for 15 mins to drain all water. This is essential step to avoid deep frying.
Cut the bell pepper, carrot, zucchini into long strips. Cut the broccoli to small florets.
Dry roast the peanut (in microwave for 2 mins), remove skin and crush it into coarse pieces using a mortar.
Mix the items given under sauce and keep aside.
Method:
Cook the noodles.
Take 1/2 of the pack of Thai noodles (take 200 gm).
Put it in a bowl. Add water to cover it. Soak the noodles for 10 mins.
Heat 4 cups water. Add noodles and cook till al dente (cooked but firm).
Rinse in normal temperature water and mix a tsp of oil.
Saute:
Saute the tofu and take it out.
Saute the veggies until crisp-tender.
Add everything together:
Then add everything tofu, cooked noodles, sauce, green onions, peanut, pineapple chunks and give the mixture a good toss until everything is evenly coated in the sauce. Add crushed peanuts. Squeeze lemon (check sour taste and add lemon).
Serving suggestion:
Serve the noodles hot. Makes 3 servings.
