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)

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

Then push the whole mass to the side of the wok. Add the remaining oil in the cleared bottom of the wok; when hot, crack in the egg. Gently break and spread the egg yolk. When set, top with the noodle mixture, and toss to combine. Add in the bean sprouts and Chinese chives, toss and cook until vegetables are a little wilted.

Dish pad thai with prawns onto individual serving plates, and sprinkle with ground peanut. Serve with fresh vegetables and lime wedge. A squeeze of lime will surprisingly intensify the flavor of pad thai. Make your own taste by adding fish sauce, sugar, ground dried chili, as you like.

Pad Thai Recipe: Should be prepared/Serves 2

• 3 1/2 tbsp vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp extra firm tofu, cut into 0.5x1 cm pieces
• 1 tbsp chopped shallot
• 1 tbsp sweetened salted Chinese radish, coarsely chopped
• 5 prawns, shelled, deveined, tails intact,
• 200 grams Chantaboon rice sticks
• 3/4 cup water
• 6 tbsp pad thai sauce
• 1 tsp ground dried chili
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup raw bean sprouts
• 4 Chinese chives, cut into 1 1/2-inch lengths
• 2 tbsp coarsely ground roasted peanuts

Fresh vegetables such as banana flower, bean sprouts, Chinese chives, Indian pennywort, to serve
Lime wedge, fish sauce, sugar, and ground dried chili, for condiments