Novotel Bangkok Silom Road - Family & Business trip hotel - Pad Thai with River Prawn

For the sauce:

• 1 cup tamarind juice
• 1 cup palm sugar
• 2 teaspoons salt

For Pad Thai:

• 180 grams rice noodles, soaked in hot water and rinsed
• 2 fried river prawns
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons dried shrimp
• 12 grams chopped shallot
• 12 grams preserved cabbage
• 50 grams Chinese chive
• 70 grams bean sprout
• 70 grams tofu
• 1 egg

Side dish:

• Raw bean sprouts
• Chinese chives
• Banana flower
• Chopped peanuts

Direction:

Step 1: Stir fry together sauce ingredients until the sauce becomes thick and put on the side. Leave the mixture for an hour for a better taste.

Step 2: Heat oil in a pan, add tofu and shallot. Sauté on a medium heat until the ingredients turn soft. Add preserved cabbage, and dried shrimp.

Step 3: Add rice noodles and Pad Thai sauce. Stir fry the noodles and then add Pad Thai sauce.

Step 4: Break and scramble the egg with the tip of your spatula. Let them cook on one side before flipping and breaking them into smaller pieces.

Step 5: Stir fry all ingredients together then add fried river prawns, bean sprouts and Chinese chives.

Step 6: Serve Pad Thai in a plate topped with chopped peanuts and accompanied with raw bean sprouts, Chinese chives and banana flower.