Easy Pad Thai Recipe-Pad Thai with Prawns (Pad Thai Kung Sot)

Good pad thai recipe: Place a wok over medium heat and pour in 3 tablespoons of the oil. When the oil is hot enough, fry the tofu till lightly browned. Add shallot and sweetened salted radish, stir to cook lightly and smelling fragrant. Add prawns and toss to cook lightly. Then add the noodles and water and stir to cook until tender. Add pad thai sauce and ground dried chili, toss to combine and coat well. 

Easy Pad Thai Recipe-Pad Thai with Prawns (Pad Thai Kung Sot)

Basic Pad Thai Recipe (Thai say is Pad-Thai-Thammada)

Prepare the pad thai sauce by placing all the ingredients in a saucepan over low heat. Stir continuously with a spoon to mix and thicken, about 8-10 minutes. Notice that when lifting the spoon, it should be well coated with sauce. Transfer the sauce to a bowl and set aside. The recipe makes about 2.5 cups of the sauce. Keep the leftover sauce in the refrigerator for future use.

Basic Pad Thai Recipe (Thai say is Pad-Thai-Thammada)

Sticky rice (khao niao)

Essential Ingredients pad thai

Sticky or glutinous rice is the staple diet of northern and northeastern Thailand. Yet some dishes from these two regions like papaya salad, grilled chicken and spicy minced pork salad which always served with sticky rice, are famous throughout the country and becoming more and more popular around the world.

Sticky rice (khao niao)

Noodles(kuaitiao)

Essential Ingredients pad thai

Borrowed from the Hokkien "guotiao" , or flat rice noodles, the meaning of kuaitiao in Thailand is extended to include all kinds of noodles. In fact, kuaitiao generally means noodles and noodle dishes. However, flat rice noodles are the most favorite for the Thais, and hence form the majority of our noodle recipes in this cookbook.

Noodles(kuaitiao)