Pad Thai

Recipe provided by: Sunee

Ingredients

• Rice Sticks Noodles (add brand) ricesticks.jpg
• Pure Palm Sugar (available at Asian Mart) palmsugar.jpg
• Shrimps (available in bags at Asian Mart) otheringredients.jpg
• Peanuts otheringredients.jpg
• Turnip (Bag from…) otheringredients.jpg
• Tamarind (available at Asian Mart) tamarind.jpg
• Chili flakes
• Fish Sauce fishsauce.jpg
• 2x lots of Chives chives.jpg
• Tofu (Asian Mart - regular firm) tofu.jpg
• Eggs
• Bean Sprouts
• Oil - for frying (any type)

Preparation

1. Rice Sticks into cold water for an hour and strain. (Not longer otherwise they will get too soft)
2. Half packet of Tamarind into water break up allow to soak.
3. Peanuts chopped (ground?). Then roast in fry pan until slightly brown.
4. Shrimp ground (can be prepared earlier)
5. Turnip ground (can be prepared earlier)
6. Chives - into 2 to 3 cm sections
7. Tofu - diced into 1cm cubes

Recipe Ensure Preparation of the Rice Sticks, Peanuts, Shrimp, Turnips are done beforehand. Pad Thai will be made in batches until all ingredients are finished.

1. Prepare Tamarind as indicated in preparation.
2. Fry diced tofu in a fair bit of oil to cover half the tofu. Fry until slightly brown but to keep softness.
3. Remove tofu and strain.
4. Put oil from frying tofu into bowl for use later.
5. Squeeze tamarind juice out of prepared tamarind and place into a pot. Add half packet of palm sugar and a very decent amount of fish sauce. Add more of both to taste!
6. Bring sauce to boil then fast simmer and wait until sauce lightens slightly continually adding to taste. Remove from heat.

Bringing it all together

1. Prepare all ingredients around Wok in readiness for making the Pad Thai.
2. Get Wok hot enough for frying.
3. Add serving spoon size of oil that was saved from frying the Tofu into wok
4. Add a handful of the rice sticks to wok, mix to fry and coat with oil.
5. Using spatula, push rice sticks to one side of wok.
6. Add another serving spoon of oil to space made by spatula.
7. Crack 2x eggs onto oil is and break up egg yolk allowing it to fry.
8. To the top of the rice sticks add a handful of peanuts, shrimp, turnip
9. Turn over the rice sticks onto the top of the fried egg. Allow to fry for a moment then the toss the rice noodles breaking up the noodles and mixing all the ingredients evenly.
10. Taste Pad Thai mix and add tamarind sauce and fish sauce as needed. Stir through.
11. Add handful of Bean Sprouts
12. Add handful of Chives
13. Stir through until evenly mixed.
14. Remove from heat.